Issue 18, 2017

Surface reactivity and vacancy defects in single-layer borophene polymorphs

Abstract

Single-layer borophene is a novel 2D material which combines high strength, light weight and metallicity. Using first-principles calculations, we systematically investigate the defect formation and surface reactivity in three major borophene polymorphs (α, β and triangular). We find that β-B is generally the most reactive borophene form, while α-B is the least reactive. In particular, there is more than 1.5 eV difference in substitutional energies for typical dopants in β-B and α-B polymorphs. Single vacancy defects can be created quite easily in all borophene sheets with formation energies (0.16 to 1.93 eV) much lower than those in graphene (7.69 eV). Adatom adsorption is exothermic and stabilizes electron-deficient boron monolayers. Many interesting properties arise from the rich structural chemistry of borophene, comprising four-, five-, and six-coordinated atoms, as well as hexagonal vacancies.

Graphical abstract: Surface reactivity and vacancy defects in single-layer borophene polymorphs

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Jan 2017
Accepted
31 Mar 2017
First published
31 Mar 2017

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 11273-11281

Surface reactivity and vacancy defects in single-layer borophene polymorphs

V. V. Kulish, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 11273 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP00637C

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