Atomically Thin Arsenene and Antimonene: Semimetal–Semiconductor and Indirect–Direct Band‐Gap Transitions

Angewandte Chemie - Tập 127 Số 10 - Trang 3155-3158 - 2015
Shengli Zhang1, Zhong Yan1, Yafei Li2, Zhongfang Chen3,4,5, Haibo Zeng4,1,5
1Institute of Optoelectronics & Nanomaterials, Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094 (China)
2College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
3Department of Chemistry, Institute for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931 (USA)
4Haibo Zeng, Institute of Optoelectronics & Nanomaterials, Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094 (China)
5Zhongfang Chen, Department of Chemistry, Institute for Functional Nanomaterials, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR 00931 (USA)

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AbstractThe typical two‐dimensional (2D) semiconductors MoS2, MoSe2, WS2, WSe2 and black phosphorus have garnered tremendous interest for their unique electronic, optical, and chemical properties. However, all 2D semiconductors reported thus far feature band gaps that are smaller than 2.0 eV, which has greatly restricted their applications, especially in optoelectronic devices with photoresponse in the blue and UV range. Novel 2D mono‐elemental semiconductors, namely monolayered arsenene and antimonene, with wide band gaps and high stability were now developed based on first‐principles calculations. Interestingly, although As and Sb are typically semimetals in the bulk, they are transformed into indirect semiconductors with band gaps of 2.49 and 2.28 eV when thinned to one atomic layer. Significantly, under small biaxial strain, these materials were transformed from indirect into direct band‐gap semiconductors. Such dramatic changes in the electronic structure could pave the way for transistors with high on/off ratios, optoelectronic devices working under blue or UV light, and mechanical sensors based on new 2D crystals.

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Angewandte Chemie

Tập 127 Số 10

3155-3158

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