Rectification at Graphene-Semiconductor Interfaces: Zero-Gap Semiconductor-Based Diodes

Diodes based on metal-semiconductor interfaces are common place in semiconductor electronics. What happens when the normal metal is replaced by monolayer graphene? A group of physicists at University of Florida experimentally demonstrate that graphene-semiconductor interfaces make interesting diodes for a surprisingly wide variety of semiconductors.

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