Tinselenidene: a Two-dimensional Auxetic Material with Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity and Ultrahigh Hole Mobility
10.1038/srep19830
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Abstract

AbstractBy means of extensive ab initio calculations, a new two-dimensional (2D) atomic material tin selenide monolayer (coined as tinselenidene) is predicted to be a semiconductor with an indirect gap (~1.45 eV) and a high hole mobility (of order 10000 cm2V−1S−1) and will bear an indirect-direct gap transition under a rather low strain (<0.5 GPa). Tinselenidene has a very small Young’s modulus (20–40 GPa) and an ultralow lattice thermal conductivity (<3 Wm−1K−1 at 300 K), making it probably the most flexible and most heat-insulating material in known 2D atomic materials. In addition, tinseleniden has a large negative Poisson’s ratio of −0.17, thus could act as a 2D auxetic material. With these intriguing properties, tinselenidene could have wide potential applications in thermoelectrics, nanomechanics and optoelectronics.

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Zhang, L.-C., Qin, G., Fang, W.-Z., Cui, H.-J., Zheng, Q.-R., Yan, Q.-B., & Su, G. (2016). Tinselenidene: a Two-dimensional Auxetic Material with Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity and Ultrahigh Hole Mobility. Scientific Reports, 6(1).

Authors 7
  1. Li-Chuan Zhang (first)
  2. Guangzhao Qin (additional)
  3. Wu-Zhang Fang (additional)
  4. Hui-Juan Cui (additional)
  5. Qing-Rong Zheng (additional)
  6. Qing-Bo Yan (additional)
  7. Gang Su (additional)
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@article{Zhang_2016, title={Tinselenidene: a Two-dimensional Auxetic Material with Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity and Ultrahigh Hole Mobility}, volume={6}, ISSN={2045-2322}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19830}, DOI={10.1038/srep19830}, number={1}, journal={Scientific Reports}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Zhang, Li-Chuan and Qin, Guangzhao and Fang, Wu-Zhang and Cui, Hui-Juan and Zheng, Qing-Rong and Yan, Qing-Bo and Su, Gang}, year={2016}, month=feb }