New two-dimensional zinc oxide nanosheets: Properties, stability, and interconversion
Published in Materials Letters (2020), 2020
Recommended citation: FABRIS, G.E S. L.; MARANA, N. L.; LARANJEIRA, J. A. S.; LONGO, E.; SAMBRANO, J. R.; "New two-dimensional zinc oxide nanosheets: Properties, stability, and interconversion." Mat. Lett. (2020) 275 : 128067. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.128067
For the first time, 2D symmetric hydrogenated zinc oxide (H-gZnO) and inorganic graphenylene-like zinc oxide (IGP-ZnO) nanosheets have been proposed computationally. Both nanosheets show be stable, and they retain the semiconducting properties. A van der Waals interaction between the hydrogen atoms on H-gZnO is found. It was theoretically demonstrated that the dehydrogenation of H-gZnO leads to spontaneously convert to the IGP-ZnO. The structural differences between 2D nanosheets can lead to different applications. This theoretical prediction is open to experimentalists and other theoreticians for further studies.