Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 36, Issue 5, 492(2021)
By employing density functional theory calculations, the mechanical, electronic and piezoelectric properties of graphene-like monolayers ZnO (g-ZnO) and GaN (g-GaN) were investigated. Elastic stiffness constants and piezoelectric tensors of monolayers g-ZnO and g-GaN using their Clamped-ion and Relaxed-ion components were mainly studied. Results indicate that these two graphene-like structures are semiconductors with excellent elasticity. The piezoelectric coefficient of monolayers g-ZnO and g-GaN are about 9.4 and 2.2 pm·V-1, respectively, implying their piezoelectric effect in extremely thin film devices, especially the g-ZnO. The remarkable piezoelectricity of monolayer g-ZnO enables it a wide range of applications, such as mechanical stress sensors, actuators, transducer and energy harvesting devices.
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Hui XIANG, Hui QUAN, Yiyuan HU, Weiqian ZHAO, Bo XU, Jiang YIN.
Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE
Received: Jun. 22, 2020
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Published Online: Nov. 25, 2021
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