Epitaxial Growth and Air-Stability of Monolayer Antimonene on PdTe2

Adv Mater. 2017 Mar;29(11). doi: 10.1002/adma.201605407. Epub 2016 Dec 28.

Abstract

Monolayer antimonene is fabricated on PdTe2 by an epitaxial method. Monolayer antimonene is theoretically predicted to have a large bandgap for nanoelectronic devices. Air-exposure experiments indicate amazing chemical stability, which is great for device fabrication. A method to fabricate high-quality monolayer antimonene with several great properties for novel electronic and optoelectronic applications is provided.

Keywords: 2D; PdTe2; antimonene; epitaxial growth; honeycomb lattice.