Bandgap Engineering of Hydroxy-Functionalized Borophene for Superior Photo-Electrochemical Performance
Xin Wang1, Junwu Liang2, Qi You1
1Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics (IMO), Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
Abstract:
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting boron nanosheets (few-layer borophene) have been theoretically predicted, but their band gap tunability has not been experimentally confirmed. In this study, hydroxy-functionalized borophene (borophene-OH) with tunable band gap was fabricated by liquid-phase exfoliation using 2-butanol solvent. Surface-energy matching between boron and 2-butanol produced smooth borophene, and the exposed unsaturated B sites generated by B-B bond breaking during exfoliation coordinated with OH groups to form semiconducting borophene-OH, enabling a tunable band gap of 0.65-2.10 eV by varying its thickness. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) measurements demonstrated that the use of borophene-OH to fabricate working electrodes for PEC-type photodetectors significantly enhanced the photocurrent density (5.0 μA cm-2 ) and photoresponsivity (58.5 μA W-1 ) compared with other 2D monoelemental materials. Thus, borophene-OH is a promising semiconductor with great optoelectronic potential.
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