Electronic, optical, vibrational and thermodynamic properties of phaBN structure: a first principles study
arXiv:2012.00410 · doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.110210
Abstract
In 2015, a new two dimensional (2D) carbon allotrope, called phagraphene, was theoretically proposed. Based on this structure, we propose here a new boron nitride structure called phaBN. It is composed by three types of rings: pentagons, hexagons and heptagons. We investigate the electronic, optical, vibrational and thermodynamic properties of phaBN using first-principles calculations in a density functional theory (DFT) framework. Our calculations revealed that the phaBN has an energy gap of 2.739 eV, which is almost half of the energy gap of the hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), thus being a semiconductor material. By means of the optical, vibrational and thermodynamic properties, it was possible to observe the absorption interval, the stability of the structure and its formation process, respectively.
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