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Two-Dimensional Mono-Elemental Semiconductor with Electronically Inactive Defects: The Case of Phosphorus

Overview of attention for article published in Nano Letters, August 2014
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Title
Two-Dimensional Mono-Elemental Semiconductor with Electronically Inactive Defects: The Case of Phosphorus
Published in
Nano Letters, August 2014
DOI 10.1021/nl5021393
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Yuanyue Liu, Fangbo Xu, Ziang Zhang, Evgeni S. Penev, Boris I. Yakobson

Abstract

The deep gap states created by defects in semiconductors typically deteriorate the performance of (opto)electronic devices. This has limited the applications of two-dimensional (2D) metal dichalcogenides (MX2) and underscored the need for a new 2D semiconductor without defect-induced deep gap states. In this work, we demonstrate that a 2D mono-elemental semiconductor is a promising candidate. This is exemplified by first-principles study of 2D phosphorus (P), a recently fabricated high-mobility semiconductor. Most of the defects, including intrinsic point defects and grain boundaries, are electronically inactive, thanks to the homoelemental bonding, which is not preferred in heteroelemental system such as MX2. Unlike MX2, the edges of which create deep gap states and cannot be eliminated by passivation, the edge states of 2D P can be removed from the band gap by hydrogen termination. We further find that both the type and the concentration of charge carriers in 2D P can be tuned by doping with foreign atoms. Our work sheds light on the role of defects in the electronic structure of materials.

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Country Count As %
United States 5 3%
China 2 1%
Korea, Republic of 2 1%
Ireland 1 <1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Unknown 158 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 56 33%
Researcher 36 21%
Student > Master 21 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 6%
Professor 10 6%
Other 25 15%
Unknown 14 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Physics and Astronomy 59 34%
Materials Science 43 25%
Engineering 20 12%
Chemistry 20 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 1%
Other 4 2%
Unknown 24 14%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 96. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 February 2021.
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