Issue 13, 2016

SiC7 siligraphene: a novel donor material with extraordinary sunlight absorption

Abstract

The SiC7 siligraphene (g-SiC7) is a novel 2D nanomaterial with a graphene-like structure. Based on theoretical calculations, we have systematically investigated the structure, stability, electronic and optical properties of g-SiC7 siligraphene. The calculated results reveal that g-SiC7 siligraphene is a semiconductor with a direct band gap of 1.13 eV, which can be easily tuned by applying biaxial strain or a perpendicular electric field. Such a g-SiC7 siligraphene shows superior sunlight optical absorbance and is better than g-SiC2 siligraphene and single-layer black phosphorus (phosphorene) in near infrared and visible photon ranges, thus holding great potential for photovoltaics applications as a light donor material.

Graphical abstract: SiC7 siligraphene: a novel donor material with extraordinary sunlight absorption

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 jan 2016
Accepted
07 mar 2016
First published
08 mar 2016

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 6994-6999

SiC7 siligraphene: a novel donor material with extraordinary sunlight absorption

H. Dong, L. Zhou, T. Frauenheim, T. Hou, S. Lee and Y. Li, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 6994 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR00046K

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