Doped silicene: Evidence of a wide stability range

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Published 17 June 2011 Europhysics Letters Association
, , Citation Y. C. Cheng et al 2011 EPL 95 17005 DOI 10.1209/0295-5075/95/17005

0295-5075/95/1/17005

Abstract

The effects of doping on the lattice structure, electronic structure, phonon spectrum, and electron-phonon coupling of low-buckling silicene are studied by first-principles calculations. Although the lattice is found to be very sensitive to the carrier concentration, it is stable in a wide doping range. The frequencies of the E2g-Γ and A'-K Raman modes can be used to probe the carrier concentration. In addition, the phonon dispersion displays Kohn anomalies at the Γ and K points which are reduced by doping. This implies that the electron-phonon coupling cannot be neglected in field-effect transistor applications.

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