Graphene-like Boron–Carbon–Nitrogen Monolayers
Abstract
A strategy to synthesize a 2D graphenic but ternary monolayer containing atoms of carbon, nitrogen, and boron, h-BCN, is presented. The synthesis utilizes bis- BN cyclohexane, B2N2C2H12, as a precursor molecule and relies on thermally induced dehydrogenation of the precursor molecules and the formation of an epitaxial monolayer on Ir(111) through covalent bond formation. The lattice mismatch between the film and substrate causes a strain-driven periodic buckling of the film. The structure of the film and its corrugated morphology is discussed based on comprehensive data from molecular-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy imaging, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, low-energy electron diffraction, and density functional theory. First-principles calculations further predict a direct electronic band gap that is intermediate between gapless graphene and insulating h-BN.
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- Department of Physics &, Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0299, United States
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland 30-060
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467-3860, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States
- Department of Physics &, Astronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0299, United States, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1409881
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1529560
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0005658
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- ACS Nano
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: ACS Nano Journal Volume: 11 Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1936-0851
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 2D material; 2D; BCN; graphene; boron nitride; STM; bis-BN cyclohexane
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Beniwal, Sumit, Hooper, James, Miller, Daniel P., Costa, Paulo S., Chen, Gang, Liu, Shih-Yuan, Dowben, Peter A., Sykes, E. Charles H., Zurek, Eva, and Enders, Axel. Graphene-like Boron–Carbon–Nitrogen Monolayers. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsnano.6b08136.
Beniwal, Sumit, Hooper, James, Miller, Daniel P., Costa, Paulo S., Chen, Gang, Liu, Shih-Yuan, Dowben, Peter A., Sykes, E. Charles H., Zurek, Eva, & Enders, Axel. Graphene-like Boron–Carbon–Nitrogen Monolayers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b08136
Beniwal, Sumit, Hooper, James, Miller, Daniel P., Costa, Paulo S., Chen, Gang, Liu, Shih-Yuan, Dowben, Peter A., Sykes, E. Charles H., Zurek, Eva, and Enders, Axel. Mon .
"Graphene-like Boron–Carbon–Nitrogen Monolayers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b08136.
@article{osti_1409881,
title = {Graphene-like Boron–Carbon–Nitrogen Monolayers},
author = {Beniwal, Sumit and Hooper, James and Miller, Daniel P. and Costa, Paulo S. and Chen, Gang and Liu, Shih-Yuan and Dowben, Peter A. and Sykes, E. Charles H. and Zurek, Eva and Enders, Axel},
abstractNote = {A strategy to synthesize a 2D graphenic but ternary monolayer containing atoms of carbon, nitrogen, and boron, h-BCN, is presented. The synthesis utilizes bis- BN cyclohexane, B2N2C2H12, as a precursor molecule and relies on thermally induced dehydrogenation of the precursor molecules and the formation of an epitaxial monolayer on Ir(111) through covalent bond formation. The lattice mismatch between the film and substrate causes a strain-driven periodic buckling of the film. The structure of the film and its corrugated morphology is discussed based on comprehensive data from molecular-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy imaging, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, low-energy electron diffraction, and density functional theory. First-principles calculations further predict a direct electronic band gap that is intermediate between gapless graphene and insulating h-BN.},
doi = {10.1021/acsnano.6b08136},
journal = {ACS Nano},
number = 3,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Mon Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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Figure 1: Scanning tunneling microscopy images of single-layer BCN on Ir(111), grown at substrate temperatures of 25 °C (a) and at 980 °C (b−e). The bias voltages were −1 and +4 V in (a) and (b), respectively. As a result, the contrast of both images appears inverted. Inset: Lowenergy electronmore »
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