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Electronic properties of a $π$-conjugated Cairo pentagonal lattice: Direct band gap, ultrahigh carrier mobility and slant Dirac cones (1808.00619v1)

Published 2 Aug 2018 in cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Abstract: Two-dimensional (2D) lattices composed exclusively of pentagons represent an exceptional structure of materials correlated to the famous pentagonal tiling problem in mathematics, but their $\pi$-conjugation and the related electronic properties have never been reported. Here, we propose a tight-binding (TB) model for a 2D Cairo pentagonal lattice and demonstrate that $p$-$d$ $\pi$-conjugation in the unique framework leads to intriguing properties, such as an intrinsic direct band gap, ultra-high carrier mobility and even slant Dirac cones. On the basis of first-principles calculations, we predict a candidate material, 2D penta-NiP$_2$ monolayer, derivated from bulk NiP$_2$ crystal, to realize the predictions of the TB model. It has ultra-high carrier mobility ($\sim$$105-106$ $cm2V{-1}s{-1}$) comparable to that of graphene and an intrinsic direct band gap of 0.818 eV, which are long desired for high-speed electronic devices. The stability and possible synthetic routes of penta-NiP$_2$ monolayer are also discussed.

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