A First-Principles Study of Defects and Adatoms in Silicon Carbide Honeycomb Structures

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2010-03-05

arxiv.org/abs/1003.1318v1

Phys. Rev. B 81, 075433 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

please see published version. http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v81/i7/e075433

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.81.075433

We present a study of mechanical, electronic and magnetic properties of two dimensional (2D), monolayer of silicon carbide (SiC) in honeycomb structure and its quasi 1D armchair nanoribbons using first-principles plane wave method. In order to reveal dimensionality effects, a brief study of 3D bulk and 1D atomic chain of SiC are also included. Calculated bond-lengths, cohesive energies, charge transfers and band gaps display a clear dimensionality effect. The stability analysis based on the calculation of phonon frequencies indicates that 2D SiC monolayer is stable in planar geometry. We found that 2D SiC monolayer in honeycomb structure and its bare and hydrogen passivated nanoribbons are ionic, non-magnetic, wide band gap semiconductors. The band gap is further increased upon self-energy corrections. The mechanical properties are investigated using the strain energy calculations. The effect of various vacancy defects, adatoms and substitutional impurities on electronic and magnetic properties in 2D SiC monolayer and in its armchair nanoribbons are also investigated. Some of these vacancy defects and impurities, which are found to influence physical properties and attain magnetic moments, can be used to functionalize SiC honeycomb structures.

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