2D Black Phosphorus Carbide: Rippling and Formation of Nanotubes

Abstract

The allotropes of a new layered material, phosphorus carbide (PC), have been predicted recently and a few of these predicted structures have already been successfully fabricated. Herein, by using first-principles calculations we investigated the effects of rippling a PC monolayer, one of the most stable modifications of layered PC, under large compressive strains. Similar to phosphorene, layered PC was found to have the extraordinary ability to bend and form ripples with large curvatures under a sufficiently large strain applied along its armchair direction. The band gap size, workfunction, and Young's modulus of rippled PC monolayer are predicted to be highly tunable by strain engineering. Moreover, a direct-indirect band gap transition is observed under the compressive strains in a range from 6 to 11%. Another important feature of PC monolayer rippled along the armchair direction is the possibility of its rolling to a PC nanotube (PCNT) under extreme compressive strains. These tubes of different sizes exhibit high thermal stability, possess a comparably high Young's modulus, and a well tunable band gap which can vary from 0 to 0.95 eV. In addition, for both structures, rippled PC and PCNTs, we have explained the changes in their properties under compressive strain in terms of the modification of their structural parameters.

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