First-principles discovery of stable, anisotropic, semiconducting Sb2X2O (X = S, Se) and Janus Sb2SSeO nanosheets for optoelectronics and photocatalysis

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Autores principales: Shahrokhi, Masoud, Mortazavi, Bohayra
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author Shahrokhi, Masoud
Mortazavi, Bohayra
author_facet Shahrokhi, Masoud
Mortazavi, Bohayra
contents In this work, we conduct a comprehensive first-principles investigation into the design and discovery of novel antimony oxychalcogenide monolayers Sb2X2O (X = S, Se) and Janus Sb2SSeO, examining their structural stability, elastic, electronic, optoelectronic, and photocatalytic properties. Our analysis confirms their thermodynamic and dynamical stability and reveals low cleavage energies, indicating strong feasibility for mechanical exfoliation. The excellent agreement between our HSE06-predicted bandgap of bulk Sb2S2O and experimental measurements further validates the employed computational framework. EWe also find that their optoelectronic responses can be efficiently tuned via biaxial strain, providing a viable route for device-specific property engineering. Favorable band alignments, strong optical absorption, efficient carrier transport, and relatively high dielectric constants collectively support their candidacy for overall water splitting under neutral conditions.These results establish a solid theoretical foundation for the rational design of Sb-based 2D nanostructures and highlight their potential in next-generation direction-dependent optoelectronic and sustainable energy-conversion applications.
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spellingShingle First-principles discovery of stable, anisotropic, semiconducting Sb2X2O (X = S, Se) and Janus Sb2SSeO nanosheets for optoelectronics and photocatalysis
Shahrokhi, Masoud
Mortazavi, Bohayra
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
In this work, we conduct a comprehensive first-principles investigation into the design and discovery of novel antimony oxychalcogenide monolayers Sb2X2O (X = S, Se) and Janus Sb2SSeO, examining their structural stability, elastic, electronic, optoelectronic, and photocatalytic properties. Our analysis confirms their thermodynamic and dynamical stability and reveals low cleavage energies, indicating strong feasibility for mechanical exfoliation. The excellent agreement between our HSE06-predicted bandgap of bulk Sb2S2O and experimental measurements further validates the employed computational framework. EWe also find that their optoelectronic responses can be efficiently tuned via biaxial strain, providing a viable route for device-specific property engineering. Favorable band alignments, strong optical absorption, efficient carrier transport, and relatively high dielectric constants collectively support their candidacy for overall water splitting under neutral conditions.These results establish a solid theoretical foundation for the rational design of Sb-based 2D nanostructures and highlight their potential in next-generation direction-dependent optoelectronic and sustainable energy-conversion applications.
title First-principles discovery of stable, anisotropic, semiconducting Sb2X2O (X = S, Se) and Janus Sb2SSeO nanosheets for optoelectronics and photocatalysis
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08622