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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 373-383 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | CARBON |
| Volume | 182 |
| Early online date | 11 Jun 2021 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2021 |
Abstract
In recent years, graphene-like boron carbide and carbon nitride nanosheets have attracted remarkable attentions, owing to their semiconducting electronic nature and outstanding mechanical and heat transport properties. Graphene-like BC6N is an experimentally realized layered material and most recently has been the focus of numerous theoretical studies. Interestingly, the most stable form of BC6N monolayer remains unexplored and limited information are known concerning its intrinsic physical properties. Herein, on the basis of density functional theory (DFT) calculations we confirm that the most stable form of BC6N nanosheet shows a rectangular unitcell, in accordance with an overlooked experimental finding. We found that BC6N monolayer is a semiconductor with 1.19 eV HSE06-based direct gap and yields anisotropic and excellent absorption of visible light. First-principles results highlight that BC6N nanosheet exhibits anisotropic and ultrahigh tensile strength and lattice thermal conductivity, outperforming all other fabricated 2D semiconductors. We moreover develop classical molecular dynamic models for the evaluation of heat transport and mechanical properties of BC6N nanomembranes. The presented results in this work not only shed light on the most stable configuration of BC6N nanosheet, but also confirm its outstandingly appealing electronic, optical, heat conduction and mechanical properties, extremely motivating for further theoretical and experimental endeavors.
Keywords
- BCN nanosheet, Mechanical properties, Semiconductor, Thermal conductivity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- General Chemistry
- Materials Science(all)
- General Materials Science
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultrahigh thermal conductivity and strength in direct-gap semiconducting graphene-like BC6N
T2 - A first-principles and classical investigation
AU - Mortazavi, Bohayra
N1 - Funding Information: Author appreciates the funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy within the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD (EXC 2122, Project ID 390833453). The VEGAS cluster at Bauhaus University of Weimar is acknowledged for providing the computational resources. Author does highly appreciate the insightful discussions with Prof. Shojaei from Persian Gulf University, Iran.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - In recent years, graphene-like boron carbide and carbon nitride nanosheets have attracted remarkable attentions, owing to their semiconducting electronic nature and outstanding mechanical and heat transport properties. Graphene-like BC6N is an experimentally realized layered material and most recently has been the focus of numerous theoretical studies. Interestingly, the most stable form of BC6N monolayer remains unexplored and limited information are known concerning its intrinsic physical properties. Herein, on the basis of density functional theory (DFT) calculations we confirm that the most stable form of BC6N nanosheet shows a rectangular unitcell, in accordance with an overlooked experimental finding. We found that BC6N monolayer is a semiconductor with 1.19 eV HSE06-based direct gap and yields anisotropic and excellent absorption of visible light. First-principles results highlight that BC6N nanosheet exhibits anisotropic and ultrahigh tensile strength and lattice thermal conductivity, outperforming all other fabricated 2D semiconductors. We moreover develop classical molecular dynamic models for the evaluation of heat transport and mechanical properties of BC6N nanomembranes. The presented results in this work not only shed light on the most stable configuration of BC6N nanosheet, but also confirm its outstandingly appealing electronic, optical, heat conduction and mechanical properties, extremely motivating for further theoretical and experimental endeavors.
AB - In recent years, graphene-like boron carbide and carbon nitride nanosheets have attracted remarkable attentions, owing to their semiconducting electronic nature and outstanding mechanical and heat transport properties. Graphene-like BC6N is an experimentally realized layered material and most recently has been the focus of numerous theoretical studies. Interestingly, the most stable form of BC6N monolayer remains unexplored and limited information are known concerning its intrinsic physical properties. Herein, on the basis of density functional theory (DFT) calculations we confirm that the most stable form of BC6N nanosheet shows a rectangular unitcell, in accordance with an overlooked experimental finding. We found that BC6N monolayer is a semiconductor with 1.19 eV HSE06-based direct gap and yields anisotropic and excellent absorption of visible light. First-principles results highlight that BC6N nanosheet exhibits anisotropic and ultrahigh tensile strength and lattice thermal conductivity, outperforming all other fabricated 2D semiconductors. We moreover develop classical molecular dynamic models for the evaluation of heat transport and mechanical properties of BC6N nanomembranes. The presented results in this work not only shed light on the most stable configuration of BC6N nanosheet, but also confirm its outstandingly appealing electronic, optical, heat conduction and mechanical properties, extremely motivating for further theoretical and experimental endeavors.
KW - BCN nanosheet
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - Semiconductor
KW - Thermal conductivity
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U2 - 10.48550/arXiv.2106.07090
DO - 10.48550/arXiv.2106.07090
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85109098257
VL - 182
SP - 373
EP - 383
JO - CARBON
JF - CARBON
SN - 0008-6223
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