Electronic and structural investigation of buckled antimonene using density functional theory calculation

Abstract

Electronic and structural analysis of buckled antimonene has been performed using density functional theory-based ab-initio approach. Geometrical parameters such as bond length and bond angle are very close to the single ruffle layer of rhombohedral antimony. Phonon dispersion along the high symmetry point of the Brillouin zone does not signify any soft mode. Electronic indirect band gap of 1.61 eV is observed for the single-layer antimonene. However, the occurrence of bilayered quasi-2D sheet consequent to metallic behaviour is due to significant electronic charge dispersion between interlayer region.

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