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Computational characterization of monolayer C3N: A two-dimensional nitrogen-graphene crystal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2017

Xiaodong Zhou ,
Wanxiang Feng ,
Shan Guan ,
Botao Fu ,
Wenyong Su  and
Yugui Yao
Xiaodong Zhou
Affiliation:
Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Wanxiang Feng*
Affiliation:
Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Shan Guan
Affiliation:
Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Botao Fu
Affiliation:
Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Wenyong Su
Affiliation:
Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Yugui Yao
Affiliation:
Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: wxfeng@bit.edu.cn
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Abstract

Carbon–nitrogen compounds have attracted enormous attention because of their unusual physical properties and fascinating applications on various devices. Especially in two-dimension, doping of nitrogen atoms in graphene is widely believed to be an effective mechanism to improve the electronic and optoelectronic performances of graphene. In this work, using the first-principles calculations, we systematically investigate the electronic, mechanical, and optical properties of monolayer C3N, a newly synthesized two-dimensional carbon-graphene crystal. The useful results we obtained are: (i) monolayer C3N is an indirect band-gap semiconductor with the gap of 1.042 eV calculated by the accurate hybrid functional; (ii) compared with graphene, it has smaller ideal tensile strength but larger in-plane stiffness; (iii) the nonlinear effect of elasticity at large strains is more remarkable in monolayer C3N; (iv) monolayer C3N exhibits main absorption peak in visible light region and secondary peak in ultraviolet region, and the absorbing ratio between them can be effectively mediated by strain.

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electrical propertiesoptical propertiesmechanical alloying
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 32 , Issue 15: Focus Issue: Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Biosensors , 14 August 2017 , pp. 2993 - 3001
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Contributing Editor: Venkatesan Renugopalakrishnan

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