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. 2021 Apr 12;50(11):6541–6568. doi: 10.1039/d0cs01541e

Overview of the experimentally obtained values for band gaps and effective masses for the various GNRs.

Precursor Ribbon type Band gap Effective mass
1, 3 3-AGNR 3.05 eV,80 3.23 eV112
4, 5 5-AGNR 2.8 eV,a67 1.3 eV,68 0.85 eV,174 0.1 eV172
3 6-AGNR 1.88 eV,80 1.69 eV112 0.15 me80
7, 8 7-AGNR 2.3–2.8 eV77,78,109,114,175,176,178,180,182,187,188 0.32, 0.35 mea180
0.41, 0.40 me182
0.4 me195
3 + 4 8-AGNR 1.0 eV197
11 9-AGNR 1.35–1.5 eV57,112,114 0.09 me57
0.12 me, 0.11 me57
0.11 me192
3 + 8 10-AGNR 2.0 eV197
3 12-AGNR 1.13 eV112
14, 16 13-AGNR 1.34 eV,56 1.4 eV198 0.13 me, 0.14 me56
8 14-AGNR 0.2 eV114
20 15-AGNR 1.03 eV112
18 17-AGNR 0.19 eV56 0.06 me56
11 18-AGNR 0.9 eV114
8 21-AGNR 0.7 eV114
22 Doped 7-AGNR 2.4 eV219
24 Doped 7-AGNR 2.3 eV88
26 Doped 7-AGNR 2.3 eV214
30 CGNR 2.4–2.53 92,199,200
32 CGNR 2.1 eV89
34 Doped CGNR 2.71 eV39
36 Doped CGNR 1.9 eV230
38 Doped CGNR 2.2 eV (X = NH),200 2.3 eV (X = O),200 2.2 eV (X = S),200 2.33 eV (X = CO),92 2.4 eV (X = C)117
40 Doped CGNR 1.28–1.78 eV231
44 CGNR 2.5 eV202
46 CGNR 2.2 eV201
48 Doped CGNR 1.5 eV203
50 Doped CGNR 0.9 eV203
8, 55 chGNR 0.67 eV,209 1.8 eVa73 0.34 me,209 0.36 me209
57 chGNR 1.6 eV204
65 ZGNR 1.5 eV58
69 Doped porous GNR 2.7 eV210
71 Topological GNR 0.65 eV42
73 Topological GNR 0.74 eV40
75 Topological GNR 0 eV41
77 Other 0.12 eV213 0.02 me213
79 Other 1.0 eV116
83 Other 1.7 eV232 (ribbon 84)
1.4 eV232 (ribbon 85)
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See discussion in article text.