Piezoelectricity in Two-Dimensional Group III Monochalcogenides

Abstract

We find that several layer-phase group-III monochalcogenides, including GaS, GaSe and InSe, are piezoelectric in the monolayer form. First-principles calculations reveal that the piezoelectric coefficients of monolayer GaS, GaSe and InSe are on the same order of magnitude as the earlier discovered two-dimensional piezoelectric materials, such as BN and MoS2 monolayers. Our study expands the family of two dimensional piezoelectric materials, suggesting that strong piezoelectric response can occur in a wide range of two dimensional materials with broken inversion symmetry. The co-existence of piezoelectricity and superior photo-sensitivity in these two-dimensional semiconductors enables the integration of electromechanical and optical sensors on the same material platform.

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