The structural and electronic properties of SiC-based two-dimensional (2D) crystals are studied by means of density functional theory and many-body perturbation theory. Such properties cannot simply be interpolated between graphene and silicene. The replacement of half of the C atoms by Si atoms opens a large direct electronic gap and destroys the Dirac cones. Hydrogenation further opens the gap and significantly reduces the electron affinity to 0.1 or 1.8 eV in dependence on the carbon or silicon termination of the 2D crystal surface, thus showing a unique direction dependent ionization potential. This suggests the use of 2D-SiC:H as electron or hole filter.

Gori, P., Pulci, O., Marsili, M., Bechstedt, F. (2012). Side-dependent electron escape from graphene- and graphane-like SiC layers. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 100, 043110-1-043110-4 [10.1063/1.3679175].

Side-dependent electron escape from graphene- and graphane-like SiC layers

GORI, Paola;
2012-01-01

Abstract

The structural and electronic properties of SiC-based two-dimensional (2D) crystals are studied by means of density functional theory and many-body perturbation theory. Such properties cannot simply be interpolated between graphene and silicene. The replacement of half of the C atoms by Si atoms opens a large direct electronic gap and destroys the Dirac cones. Hydrogenation further opens the gap and significantly reduces the electron affinity to 0.1 or 1.8 eV in dependence on the carbon or silicon termination of the 2D crystal surface, thus showing a unique direction dependent ionization potential. This suggests the use of 2D-SiC:H as electron or hole filter.
2012
Gori, P., Pulci, O., Marsili, M., Bechstedt, F. (2012). Side-dependent electron escape from graphene- and graphane-like SiC layers. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 100, 043110-1-043110-4 [10.1063/1.3679175].
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