Ab initio study of electronic and optical behavior of two-dimensional silicon carbide

X Lin, S Lin, Y Xu, AA Hakro, T Hasan… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional graphene-like silicon carbide (2d-SiC) has emerged as an intriguing new
class of layered nanostructure. Using density functional theory, key electronic and optical …

Recent advances of novel ultrathin two-dimensional silicon carbides from a theoretical perspective

L Zhou, H Dong, S Tretiak - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Compared to graphene with semimetallic features, two-dimensional (2D) silicon carbide (Si–
C) materials constitute another highly promising family for opto-electronic applications owing …

Quasi-Two-Dimensional SiC and SiC2: Interaction of Silicon and Carbon at Atomic Thin Lattice Plane

S Lin, S Zhang, X Li, W Xu, X Pi, X Liu… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The band gap of graphene is nearly zero, and thus novel two-dimensional (2D)
semiconductor and band gap engineering of graphene is highly desired for advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Two-dimensional silicon carbide: emerging direct band gap semiconductor

S Chabi, K Kadel - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
As a direct wide bandgap semiconducting material, two-dimensional, 2D, silicon carbide has
the potential to bring revolutionary advances into optoelectronic and electronic devices. It …

Novel bonding patterns and optoelectronic properties of the two-dimensional Si x C y monolayers

D Fan, S Lu, Y Guo, X Hu - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The search for new two-dimensional (2D) materials with novel optical and electronic
properties is always desirable for material development. Herein, we report a comprehensive …

First-principles calculations of the electronic properties of SiC-based bilayer and trilayer heterostructures

S Li, M Sun, JP Chou, J Wei, H Xing… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, van der Waals (vdW) two-dimensional heterostructures have attracted great
attention. The combination structures demonstrate unique properties that individual layers …

[HTML][HTML] Computational insights and the observation of SiC nanograin assembly: towards 2D silicon carbide

T Susi, V Skákalová, A Mittelberger, P Kotrusz… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
While an increasing number of two-dimensional (2D) materials, including graphene and
silicene, have already been realized, others have only been predicted. An interesting …

Geometric and Electronic Structures of Two-Dimensional SiC3 Compound

Y Ding, Y Wang - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014 - ACS Publications
Although graphene is an unconventional semimetallic nanosheet, the graphene-like binary
sheets, such as BN and SiC with 1: 1 stoichiometry, usually discard the semimetallicity …

Light-emitting two-dimensional ultrathin silicon carbide

SS Lin - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) atomic crystals, especially graphene, have received much attention.
However, the main shortcoming of graphene is its zero band gap. Silicon carbide, composed …

[HTML][HTML] The creation of true two-dimensional silicon carbide

S Chabi, Z Guler, AJ Brearley, AD Benavidez, TS Luk - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper reports the successful synthesis of true two-dimensional silicon carbide using a
top-down synthesis approach. Theoretical studies have predicted that 2D SiC has a stable …