Two novel semiconducting B2 CO monolayers with high carrier mobilities

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of computational chemistry. - 1984. - 42(2021), 28 vom: 30. Okt., Seite 2024-2030
1. Verfasser: Li, Feng (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Han, Weibo, Cao, Zhi, Ji, Shilei, Wang, Haiyun, Wang, Lixia, Wu, Hong, Zhu, Yuping, Pu, Yong
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of computational chemistry
Schlagworte:Journal Article 2D B-C-O crystal 2D semiconductor first-principles computations high carrier mobility material design
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Zusammenfassung:© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
The design of new two-dimensional (2D) materials with moderate band gaps and high carrier mobility is an important aspiration for materials innovation. Recent studies have shown that boron and oxygen atoms can be integrated into the graphene lattice to form a stable B-C-O monolayer structure. To search for the most energetically stable configuration for 2D B-C-O, here, we theoretically propose two new 2D B-C-O crystal structures with a stoichiometric ratio of 2:1:1, namely monolayer (1 L) C3v - and C2v -B2 CO. Two configurations have 0.09 and 0.03 eV/unit cell lower energies than the reported 1 L Cs -B2 CO configuration (Nanoscale 2016, 8, 8910). This result is further confirmed by particle swarm optimization (PSO) calculations. According to the chemical bonding analysis, 1 L C3v -B2 CO with a quasi-planar configuration has the lowest energy, which is consisted of three strong B'-O σ-bonds, three B″-C σ-bonds, and one B'-C σ-bond. As a result, 2D B2 CO has an ultra-high mechanical strength of ~366 J m-2 , comparable to graphene ~352 J m-2 . In addition, 1 L C3v -B2 CO is a semiconductor with an HSE06 bandgap of 2.57 eV, and it has a high electron mobility of up to ~150 cm2  v-1  s-1 . The high kinetic and thermodynamic stabilities of both 1 L C3v - and C2v -B2 CO were confirmed according to phonon dispersion and molecular dynamic simulation. Comparable to that of crystalline silicon, 1 L C3v -B2 CO also shows a high light absorption intensity in the 400-550 nm region. Therefore, 2D C3v -B2 CO will have promising applications in semiconductor devices and photodetectors
Beschreibung:Date Revised 09.09.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1096-987X
DOI:10.1002/jcc.26735