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Title: Penta-graphene: A new carbon allotrope

Abstract

A 2D metastable carbon allotrope, penta-graphene, composed entirely of carbon pentagons and resembling the Cairo pentagonal tiling, is proposed in this paper. State-of-the-art theoretical calculations confirm that the new carbon polymorph is not only dynamically and mechanically stable, but also can withstand temperatures as high as 1000 K. Due to its unique atomic configuration, penta-graphene has an unusual negative Poisson’s ratio and ultrahigh ideal strength that can even outperform graphene. Furthermore, unlike graphene that needs to be functionalized for opening a band gap, penta-graphene possesses an intrinsic quasi-direct band gap as large as 3.25 eV, close to that of ZnO and GaN. Equally important, penta-graphene can be exfoliated from T12-carbon. When rolled up, it can form pentagon-based nanotubes which are semiconducting, regardless of their chirality. When stacked in different patterns, stable 3D twin structures of T12-carbon are generated with band gaps even larger than that of T12-carbon. Finally, the versatility of penta-graphene and its derivatives are expected to have broad applications in nanoelectronics and nanomechanics.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [2]
  1. Peking Univ., Beijing (China). College of Engineering. Center for Applied Physics and Technology; Ministry of Education, Beijing (China). Collaborative Innovation Center of Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications; Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  2. Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China). Shanghai Inst. of Technical Physics. National Lab. for Infrared Physics; Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China). Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics
  4. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan). Inst. for Materials Research
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA (United States); Peking Univ., Beijing (China); Ministry of Education, Beijing (China)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Grand Fundamental Research 973 Program of China; Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China
Contributing Org.:
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China); Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China); Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
OSTI Identifier:
1349048
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-96ER45579; NSFC-51471004; NSFC-11174014; NSFC-10990104; NSFC-11334008; 2012CB921404; 20130001110033
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 112; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (United States)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; carbon allotrope; carbon pentagon; electronic structure; negative Poisson's ratio; stability

Citation Formats

Zhang, Shunhong, Zhou, Jian, Wang, Qian, Chen, Xiaoshuang, Kawazoe, Yoshiyuki, and Jena, Puru. Penta-graphene: A new carbon allotrope. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1416591112.
Zhang, Shunhong, Zhou, Jian, Wang, Qian, Chen, Xiaoshuang, Kawazoe, Yoshiyuki, & Jena, Puru. Penta-graphene: A new carbon allotrope. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416591112
Zhang, Shunhong, Zhou, Jian, Wang, Qian, Chen, Xiaoshuang, Kawazoe, Yoshiyuki, and Jena, Puru. Mon . "Penta-graphene: A new carbon allotrope". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416591112. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1349048.
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title = {Penta-graphene: A new carbon allotrope},
author = {Zhang, Shunhong and Zhou, Jian and Wang, Qian and Chen, Xiaoshuang and Kawazoe, Yoshiyuki and Jena, Puru},
abstractNote = {A 2D metastable carbon allotrope, penta-graphene, composed entirely of carbon pentagons and resembling the Cairo pentagonal tiling, is proposed in this paper. State-of-the-art theoretical calculations confirm that the new carbon polymorph is not only dynamically and mechanically stable, but also can withstand temperatures as high as 1000 K. Due to its unique atomic configuration, penta-graphene has an unusual negative Poisson’s ratio and ultrahigh ideal strength that can even outperform graphene. Furthermore, unlike graphene that needs to be functionalized for opening a band gap, penta-graphene possesses an intrinsic quasi-direct band gap as large as 3.25 eV, close to that of ZnO and GaN. Equally important, penta-graphene can be exfoliated from T12-carbon. When rolled up, it can form pentagon-based nanotubes which are semiconducting, regardless of their chirality. When stacked in different patterns, stable 3D twin structures of T12-carbon are generated with band gaps even larger than that of T12-carbon. Finally, the versatility of penta-graphene and its derivatives are expected to have broad applications in nanoelectronics and nanomechanics.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1416591112},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
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year = {Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2015},
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Theoretical studies on the BC 2 N monolayers with promising photoelectronic characteristics and remarkable environmental stabilities
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Popgraphene: a new 2D planar carbon allotrope composed of 5–8–5 carbon rings for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes from bottom-up programming
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Bubble-wrap carbon: an integration of graphene and fullerenes
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Predicting two-dimensional pentagonal transition metal monophosphides for efficient electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction
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Tunable auxetic properties in group-IV monochalcogenide monolayers
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Penta-PdX 2 (X = S, Se, Te) monolayers: promising anisotropic thermoelectric materials
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Penta-P2X (X=C, Si) monolayers as wide-bandgap semiconductors: A first principles prediction
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Two-dimensional carbon dioxide with high stability, a negative Poisson's ratio and a huge band gap
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Theoretical investigations of a new two-dimensional semiconducting boron–carbon–nitrogen structure
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Predictive modeling of intrinsic strengths for several groups of chemically related monolayers by a reference model
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Mechanical behaviours of penta-graphene and effects of hydrogenation
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Electronic structure and magnetic properties of penta-graphene nanoribbons
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Highly negative Poisson's ratio in a flexible two-dimensional tungsten carbide monolayer
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The effect of oxidation on the electronic properties of penta-graphene: first-principles calculation
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Optical and electrical properties of two-dimensional palladium diselenide
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Room-temperature half-metallicity in monolayer honeycomb structures of group-V binary compounds with carrier doping
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Nano-makisu: highly anisotropic two-dimensional carbon allotropes made by weaving together nanotubes
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OPGs: promising anode materials with high specific capacity and rate capability for Li/Na ion batteries
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Ultrahigh thermal conductivity of carbon allotropes with correlations with the scaled Pugh ratio
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Ultrahigh Sensitivity and Selectivity of Pentagonal SiC 2 Monolayer Gas Sensors: The Synergistic Effect of Composition and Structural Topology
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Atomically thin gallium layers from solid-melt exfoliation
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Half-metallicity in two-dimensional Co 2 Se 3 monolayer with superior mechanical flexibility
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Ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity of monolayer penta-silicene and penta-germanene
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Pentagonal monolayer crystals of carbon, boron nitride, and silver azide
journal, September 2015

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KTlO: a metal shrouded 2D semiconductor with high carrier mobility and tunable magnetism
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Monolayer Mg 2 C : Negative Poisson's ratio and unconventional two-dimensional emergent fermions
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Disordering in Stone—Wales Graphene at High Temperatures
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Density functional theory prediction of Mg 3 N 2 as a high-performance anode material for Li-ion batteries
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First-principles investigation of adsorption behaviors of small molecules on penta-graphene
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Azugraphene: a new graphene-like hexagonal carbon allotrope with Dirac cones
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Two-dimensional penta-Sn 3 H 2 monolayer for nanoelectronics and photocatalytic water splitting: a first-principles study
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Planar penta-transition metal phosphide and arsenide as narrow-gap semiconductors with ultrahigh carrier mobility
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Novel two-dimensional tetragonal vanadium carbides and nitrides as promising materials for Li-ion batteries
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Exploring new two-dimensional monolayers: pentagonal transition metal borides/carbides (penta-TMB/Cs)
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Hydrogenated PtP 2 monolayer: theoretical predictions on the structure and charge carrier mobility
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A C 20 fullerene-based sheet with ultrahigh thermal conductivity
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DHQ-graphene: a novel two-dimensional defective graphene for corrosion-resistant coating
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A comparative density functional study on electrical properties of layered penta-graphene
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Unveiling the pentagonal nature of perfectly aligned single-and double-strand Si nano-ribbons on Ag(110)
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Ultrathin Layers of PdPX (X=S, Se): Two Dimensional Semiconductors for Photocatalytic Water Splitting
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Studying the electronic and phononic structure of penta-graphane
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Few-Layer PdSe 2 Sheets: Promising Thermoelectric Materials Driven by High Valley Convergence
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Semi-metallic Be5C2 monolayer global minimum with quasi-planar pentacoordinate carbons and negative Poisson’s ratio
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Unveiling the pentagonal nature of perfectly aligned single-and double-strand Si nano-ribbons on Ag(110)
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Negative Poisson’s ratio in 1T-type crystalline two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides
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Symmetry-protected metallic and topological phases in penta-materials
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A new structure of two-dimensional allotropes of group V elements
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Half-metallicity and ferromagnetism in penta-AlN2 nanostructure
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Studying the electronic and phononic structure of penta-graphane
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Atomically thin gallium layers from solid-melt exfoliation
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Structural and electronic properties of two-dimensional stanene and graphene heterostructure
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First-principles investigation of adsorption behaviors of small molecules on penta-graphene
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First Principles Study of Penta-siligraphene as High-Performance Anode Material for Li-Ion Batteries
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Penta-Graphene as a Potential Gas Sensor for NOx Detection
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Anisotropic-Cyclicgraphene: A New Two-Dimensional Semiconducting Carbon Allotrope
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