Emerging properties of carbon based 2D material beyond graphene

S Jana, A Bandyopadhyay, S Datta… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Graphene turns out to be the pioneering material for setting up boulevard to a new zoo of
recently proposed carbon based novel two dimensional (2D) analogues. It is evident that …

Bonding, structure, and mechanical stability of 2D materials: the predictive power of the periodic table

P Hess - Nanoscale Horizons, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review describes the ongoing effort to convert main-group elements of the
periodic table and their combinations into stable 2D materials, which is sometimes called …

Bilayer phosphorene: effect of stacking order on bandgap and its potential applications in thin-film solar cells

J Dai, XC Zeng - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2014 - ACS Publications
Phosphorene, a monolayer of black phosphorus, is promising for nanoelectronic
applications not only because it is a natural p-type semiconductor but also because it …

Highly efficient photocatalytic water splitting over edge-modified phosphorene nanoribbons

W Hu, L Lin, R Zhang, C Yang… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional phosphorene with desirable optoelectronic properties (ideal band gap,
high carrier mobility, and strong visible light absorption) is a promising metal-free …

Bottom-up growth of monolayer honeycomb SiC

CM Polley, H Fedderwitz, T Balasubramanian… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The long theorized two-dimensional allotrope of SiC has remained elusive amid the
exploration of graphenelike honeycomb structured monolayers. It is anticipated to possess a …

A promising two-dimensional solar cell donor: Black arsenic–phosphorus monolayer with 1.54 eV direct bandgap and mobility exceeding 14,000 cm2 V− 1 s− 1

M **e, S Zhang, B Cai, Y Huang, Y Zou, B Guo, Y Gu… - Nano Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Excitonic solar cells (XSCs) have attracted tremendous attentions due to their high solar-to-
electric power conversion efficiency (PCE). However, to further improve the PCE of XSC …

Two-dimensional silicon carbide: emerging direct band gap semiconductor

S Chabi, K Kadel - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
As a direct wide bandgap semiconducting material, two-dimensional, 2D, silicon carbide has
the potential to bring revolutionary advances into optoelectronic and electronic devices. It …

Nanoscale interfaces of Janus monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides for 2D photovoltaic and piezoelectric applications

A Rawat, MK Mohanta, N Jena, Dimple… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Using first-principles calculations, we demonstrate a combination of two emergent fields,
type II van der Waals heterostructures and Janus structures, for the purpose of optimizing the …

Predicting two-dimensional silicon carbide monolayers

Z Shi, Z Zhang, A Kutana, BI Yakobson - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
Intrinsic semimetallicity of graphene and silicene largely limits their applications in functional
devices. Mixing carbon and silicon atoms to form two-dimensional (2D) silicon carbide (Si x …

Edge-modified phosphorene nanoflake heterojunctions as highly efficient solar cells

W Hu, L Lin, C Yang, J Dai, J Yang - Nano letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
We propose to use edge-modified phosphorene nanoflakes (PNFs) as donor and acceptor
materials for heterojunction solar cells. By using density functional theory based …