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Electronic structures of silicene fluoride and hydride

Yi Ding, +1 more
- 21 Feb 2012 - 
- Vol. 100, Iss: 8, pp 083102
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In this paper, the structures and properties of fluorinated and hydrogenated silicene, the silicon analogues of graphane, were investigated using first-principles calculations, and a direct band gap was opened in the silicenes fluoride, and the gap values can be continuously modulated by the strain.
Abstract
Silicene is the graphene-like silicon nanosheet, which has been synthesized very recently [B. Lalmi, H. Oughaddou, H. Enriquez, A. Kara, S. Vizzini, B. Ealet, and B. Aufray, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 223109 (2010)]. Using first-principles calculations, we systematically investigate the structures and properties of fluorinated and hydrogenated silicene, the silicon analogues of graphane. Different from the carbon-counterpart, the fluorination prefers the conformation with a zigzag-line buckling, while the hydrogenation keeps the chair conformation similar to graphane. A direct band gap is opened in the silicene fluoride, and the gap values can be continuously modulated by the strain. While for the hydride, a strain-induced indirect-to-direct band gap transition is found.

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