Adjustable electronic structure and magnetism of ZnO nanoribbons by applying an electric field

Abstract The electronic characteristics and magnetism of nitrogen passivated armchair ZnO nanoribbons (NA8ZnONRs) by applying an electric field were analyzed using the DFT method at LDA+U level. outcomes suggest that intrinsic (A8ZnONRs) are nonmagnetic semiconductors. After passivation, NA8ZnONRs display ferromagnetism, whose (3.21 μB) primarily derives from spin polarization p orbital electrons N atoms (2.56 boundary O (0.69 μB). By X-axis field, A8ZnONRs still exhibit spin-splitting atoms.