Highly stable two-dimensional metal-carbon monolayer with interpenetrating honeycomb structures
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Abstract With the ongoing effort in proposing and realizing functional two-dimensional (2D) materials, we predict by first-principles calculations a family of 2D metal-carbon (M–C) crystals consisting of M–C trigonal lattice interpenetrated with the metal buckled honeycomb structure. We suggest by simulations that the 2D M–C crystals can be readily fabricated by a self-organizing lattice reconstruction process after placing metal atoms on hollow sites of γ-graphyne. In total, we found 12 members of the family and they exhibit a variety of electronic and magnetic properties. In this work, we highlight and focus on the Fe member of the family, 2D-Fe2C12. Each Fe in 2D-Fe2C12 has a magnetic moment of 1 μB due to the spin splitting of Fe E1 bands at Fermi surface, resulting in half metallicity and high catalytic activity with unusually high-density single-atom Fe active sites. Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations revealed that the 2D-Fe2C12 retains its structural integrity up to 700 K of simulated short duration annealing. We expect these results to stimulate experimental research for the 2D M–C crystals we proposed.
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OpenAlex topics: Graphene research and applications · MXene and MAX Phase Materials · 2D Materials and Applications
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