Epitaxial Growth of Single Layer Blue Phosphorus : A New Phase of Two-Dimensional Phosphorus

Blue phosphorus, a previously unknown phase of phosphorus, has been recently predicted by theoretical calculations and shares its layered structure and high stability with black phosphorus, a rapidly rising two-dimensional material. Here, we report a molecular beam epitaxial growth of single layer blue phosphorus on Au(111) by using black phosphorus as precursor, through the combination of in situ low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory calculation. The structure of the as-grown single layer blue phosphorus on Au(111) is explained with a (4 × 4) blue phosphorus unit cell coinciding with a (5 × 5) Au(111) unit cell, and this is verified by the theoretical calculations. The electronic bandgap of single layer blue phosphorus on Au(111) is determined to be 1.10 eV by scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurement. The realization of epitaxial growth of large-scale and high quality atomic-layered blue phosphorus can enable the rapid development of novel electronic and optoelectronic devices based on this emerging two-dimensional material.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Nano letters - 16(2016), 8 vom: 10. Aug., Seite 4903-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Jia Lin [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Songtao [VerfasserIn]
Han, Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhunzhun [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Shu [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Shuo [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xiong [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Cheng Ding [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Kai Di [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zhenyu [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2D material
Blue phosphorus
Journal Article
MBE
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
STM

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Date Completed 27.08.2018

Date Revised 30.09.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01459

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM261901826