Issue 30, 2021

Tunable band gaps and high carrier mobilities in stanene by small organic molecule adsorption under external electric fields

Abstract

The effects of small organic molecule (SOM) adsorption with benzene (C6H6), hexafluorobenzene (C6F6), and p-difluorobenzene (C6H4F2) on the electronic properties of stanene under external electric fields are investigated through first-principles calculations. Different adsorption sites and molecular orientations are considered to determine the most stable configurations of small organic molecule (SOM) adsorption on the surface of stanene. The results show that the internal electric field caused by the adsorption of small organic molecules destroys the symmetry of the two sublattices of stanene in C6H6/stanene, C6F6/stanene and C6H4F2/stanene systems with the most stable configurations, opening the band gaps of stanene with 39.5, 18.9 and 14.5 meV, respectively. Under an external electric field, a wide range of linearly tunable and sizable direct band gaps (31.6–420.1 meV for the C6H6/stanene system, 14.8–587.2 meV for the C6F6/stanene system and 14.5–490.2 meV for the C6H4F2/stanene system) are merely determined by the strength of the composite electric field despite its direction. The mechanism of charge transfer between stanene and organic molecules under an external electric field can be revealed using an equivalent capacitor model to explain the tunable charge transfer. More importantly, the high carrier mobility of the stable SOM/stanene systems under an external electric field is largely retained due to the weak interactions at the interface. These results indicate that the electronic properties of stanene can be effectively modulated by the surface adsorption of organic molecules under an external electric field, providing effective and reversible routes to enhance the performance of stanene for novel electronic devices in the future.

Graphical abstract: Tunable band gaps and high carrier mobilities in stanene by small organic molecule adsorption under external electric fields

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Apr 2021
Accepted
30 Jun 2021
First published
01 Jul 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 16023-16032

Tunable band gaps and high carrier mobilities in stanene by small organic molecule adsorption under external electric fields

M. Xiao, X. Shao, H. Song, Z. Li, M. An and C. He, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 16023 DOI: 10.1039/D1CP01582F

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