• 文献标题:   Graphene-like Boron-Carbon-Nitrogen Monolayers
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BENIWAL S, HOOPER J, MILLER DP, COSTA PS, CHEN G, LIU SY, DOWBEN PA, SYKES ECH, ZUREK E, ENDERS A
  • 作者关键词:   2d material, 2d, bcn, graphene, boron nitride, stm, bisbn cyclohexane
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Nebraska
  • 被引频次:   46
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.6b08136
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

A strategy to synthesize a 2D graphenic but ternary monolayer containing atoms of carbon, nitrogen, and boron, h-BCN, is presented. The synthesis utilizes bis-BN cyclohexane, B2N2C2H12, as a precursor molecule and relies on thermally induced dehydrogenation of the precursor molecules and the formation of an epitaxial monolayer on Ir(111) through covalent bond formation. The lattice mismatch between the film and substrate causes a strain-driven periodic buckling of the film. The structure of the film and its corrugated morphology is discussed based on comprehensive data from molecular-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy imaging, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, low-energy electron diffraction, and density functional theory. First-principles calculations further predict a direct electronic band gap that is intermediate between gapless graphene and insulating h-BN.