Engineering the electronic properties of silicene by tuning the composition of MoX2 and GaX (X = S,Se,Te) chalchogenide templates

By using first-principles simulations, we investigate the interaction of a 2D silicon layer with two classes of chalcogenide-layered compounds, namely MoX2 and GaX (X = S, Se, Te). A rather weak (van der Waals) interaction between the silicene layers and the chalcogenide layers is predicted. We foun...

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Published in2d materials Vol. 1; no. 1
Main Authors Scalise, E, Houssa, M, Cinquanta, E, Grazianetti, C, van den Broek, B, Pourtois, G, Stesmans, A, Fanciulli, M, Molle, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IOP Publishing 01.06.2014
Subjects
2D-heterostructures
2D-nanolattice
chalcogenide
DFT
MoS
silicene
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Summary:By using first-principles simulations, we investigate the interaction of a 2D silicon layer with two classes of chalcogenide-layered compounds, namely MoX2 and GaX (X = S, Se, Te). A rather weak (van der Waals) interaction between the silicene layers and the chalcogenide layers is predicted. We found that the buckling of the silicene layer is correlated to the lattice mismatch between the silicene layer and the MoX2 or GaX template. The electronic properties of silicene on these different templates largely depend on the buckling of the silicene layer: highly buckled silicene on MoS2 is predicted to be metallic, while low buckled silicene on GaS and GaSe is predicted to be semi-metallic, with preserved Dirac cones at the K points. These results indicate new routes for artificially engineering silicene nanosheets, providing tailored electronic properties of this 2D layer on non-metallic substrates. These non-metallic templates also open the way to the possible integration of silicene in future nanoelectronic devices.
ISSN:2053-1583
DOI:10.1088/2053-1583/1/1/011010