Nonzero Gap Two-Dimensional Carbon Allotrope from Porous Graphene

Graphene is considered one of the most promising materials for future electronics. However, in its pristine form, graphene is a gapless material, which imposes limitations to its use in some electronic applications. To solve this problem, many approaches have been tried, such as physical and chemica...

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Published in:Journal of physical chemistry. C 2012-06, Vol.116 (23), p.12810-12813
Main Authors: Brunetto, G, Autreto, P. A. S, Machado, L. D, Santos, B. I, dos Santos, R. P. B, Galvão, D. S
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science
rheology
Exact sciences and technology
Fullerenes and related materials
diamonds, graphite
Materials science
Physics
Specific materials
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Summary:Graphene is considered one of the most promising materials for future electronics. However, in its pristine form, graphene is a gapless material, which imposes limitations to its use in some electronic applications. To solve this problem, many approaches have been tried, such as physical and chemical functionalizations. These processes compromise some of the desirable graphene properties. In this work, based on ab initio quantum molecular dynamics, we showed that a two-dimensional carbon allotrope, named biphenylene carbon (BPC), can be obtained from selective dehydrogenation of porous graphene. BPC presents a nonzero bandgap and well-delocalized frontier orbitals. Synthetic routes to BPC are also addressed.
ISSN:1932-7447
1932-7455
DOI:10.1021/jp211300n