Chemical vapor deposition of layered two-dimensional MoSi2N4 materials

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Identifying two-dimensional layered materials in the monolayer limit has led to discoveries of numerous new phenomena and unusual properties. We introduced elemental silicon during chemical vapor deposition growth of nonlayered molybdenum nitride to passivate its surface, which enabled the growth of centimeter-scale monolayer films of MoSi2N4 This monolayer was built up by septuple atomic layers of N-Si-N-Mo-N-Si-N, which can be viewed as a MoN2 layer sandwiched between two Si-N bilayers. This material exhibited semiconducting behavior (bandgap ~1.94 electron volts), high strength (~66 gigapascals), and excellent ambient stability. Density functional theory calculations predict a large family of such monolayer structured two-dimensional layered materials, including semiconductors, metals, and magnetic half-metals.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:369

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Science (New York, N.Y.) - 369(2020), 6504 vom: 07. Aug., Seite 670-674

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hong, Yi-Lun [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhibo [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Tianya [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Chuan [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Shun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Long [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Mao-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Dong-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xing-Qiu [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Hui-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Wencai [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 21.10.2020

Date Revised 21.10.2020

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/science.abb7023

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NLM313391106