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IOP Publishing, Nanotechnology, 9(26), p. 095201

DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/9/095201

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Small molecules make big differences: Molecular doping effects on electronic and optical properties of phosphorene

Journal article published in 2015 by Yu Jing, Qing Tang, Peng He, Zhen Zhou ORCID, Panwen Shen
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Abstract

Systematical computations on the density functional theory were performed to investigate the adsorption of three typical organic molecules, tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ), tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) and tetrathiafulvalene (TTF), on the surface of phosphorene monolayers and thicker layers. There exist considerable charge transfer and strong non-covalent interaction between these molecules and phosphorene. In particular, the band gap of phosphorene decreases dramatically due to the molecular modification and can be further tuned by applying an external electric field. Meanwhile, surface molecular modification has proven to be an effective way to enhance the light harvesting of phosphorene in different directions. Our results predict a flexible method toward modulating the electronic and optical properties of phosphorene and shed light on its experimental applications.