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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 12, 期 32, 页码 7726-7732出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01958
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFB0405302]
Recent interest has been sparked in two-dimensional metal halides for their unique properties, and the theoretical discovery of single-layer zirconium dihalide materials ZrX2 has shown dynamic, thermodynamic, and mechanical stability with superior light absorption in the visible region. Additionally, ZrX2-based excitonic solar cells have been proposed with a high power conversion efficiency limit of 12.4-18.7%.
Recently, two-dimensional (2D) metal halides have brought out an intensive interest for their unique mechanical, electronic, magnetic, and topological properties. Here, we theoretically report the existence of the single-layer (SL) zirconium dihalide materials ZrX2 (X = Cl, Br, and I) using firstprinciples calculations. SL ZrX2, which can be obtained from its bulk phase through simple mechanical exfoliation, shows the dynamic, thermodynamic, and mechanical stability. Halogen atoms can effectively tune the electronic structure, dipole moment transition, band alignment, and light absorption. Specifically, ZrX2 monolayers intrinsically exhibit a ferroelasticity with an abnormal 120 degrees orientation rotation, possessing a moderate switching barrier of 24-39 meV/atom. Importantly, we observe superior anisotropic light absorption responses on SL ZrX2 in the visible region. Besides, a series of ZrX2-based excitonic solar cells have been proposed, which hold a large power conversion efficiency limit of 12.4-18.7%.
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