Recent Progress in Double-Layer Honeycomb Structure: A New Type of Two-Dimensional Material
Two-dimensional (2D) materials are no doubt the most widely studied nanomaterials in the past decade. Most recently, a new type of 2D material named the double-layer honeycomb (DLHC) structure opened a door to achieving a series of 2D materials from traditional semiconductors. However, as a newly de...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2022-11-01
|
| Series: | Materials |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/21/7715 |
| _version_ | 1797467427607412736 |
|---|---|
| author | Ming-Yu Ma Dong Han Nian-Ke Chen Dan Wang Xian-Bin Li |
| author_facet | Ming-Yu Ma Dong Han Nian-Ke Chen Dan Wang Xian-Bin Li |
| author_sort | Ming-Yu Ma |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Two-dimensional (2D) materials are no doubt the most widely studied nanomaterials in the past decade. Most recently, a new type of 2D material named the double-layer honeycomb (DLHC) structure opened a door to achieving a series of 2D materials from traditional semiconductors. However, as a newly developed material, there still lacks a timely understanding of its structure, property, applications, and underlying mechanisms. In this review, we discuss the structural stability and experimental validation of this 2D material, and systematically summarize the properties and applications including the electronic structures, topological properties, optical properties, defect engineering, and heterojunctions. It was concluded that the DLHC can be a universal configuration applying to III–V, II–VI, and I–VII semiconductors. Moreover, these DLHC materials indeed have exotic properties such as being excitonic/topological insulators. The successful fabrication of DLHC materials further demonstrates it is a promising topic. Finally, we summarize several issues to be addressed in the future, including further experimental validation, defect engineering, heterojunction engineering, and strain engineering. We hope this review can help the community to better understand the DLHC materials timely and inspire their applications in the future. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-09T18:52:33Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-18ebc2eff9a2445b97adca60083bc1a6 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1996-1944 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-09T18:52:33Z |
| publishDate | 2022-11-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Materials |
| spelling | doaj.art-18ebc2eff9a2445b97adca60083bc1a62023-11-24T05:39:39ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442022-11-011521771510.3390/ma15217715Recent Progress in Double-Layer Honeycomb Structure: A New Type of Two-Dimensional MaterialMing-Yu Ma0Dong Han1Nian-Ke Chen2Dan Wang3Xian-Bin Li4State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, ChinaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USAState Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, ChinaTwo-dimensional (2D) materials are no doubt the most widely studied nanomaterials in the past decade. Most recently, a new type of 2D material named the double-layer honeycomb (DLHC) structure opened a door to achieving a series of 2D materials from traditional semiconductors. However, as a newly developed material, there still lacks a timely understanding of its structure, property, applications, and underlying mechanisms. In this review, we discuss the structural stability and experimental validation of this 2D material, and systematically summarize the properties and applications including the electronic structures, topological properties, optical properties, defect engineering, and heterojunctions. It was concluded that the DLHC can be a universal configuration applying to III–V, II–VI, and I–VII semiconductors. Moreover, these DLHC materials indeed have exotic properties such as being excitonic/topological insulators. The successful fabrication of DLHC materials further demonstrates it is a promising topic. Finally, we summarize several issues to be addressed in the future, including further experimental validation, defect engineering, heterojunction engineering, and strain engineering. We hope this review can help the community to better understand the DLHC materials timely and inspire their applications in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/21/7715two-dimensional materialsdouble-layer honeycombnanostructurematerial designoptoelectronic semiconductors |
| spellingShingle | Ming-Yu Ma Dong Han Nian-Ke Chen Dan Wang Xian-Bin Li Recent Progress in Double-Layer Honeycomb Structure: A New Type of Two-Dimensional Material Materials two-dimensional materials double-layer honeycomb nanostructure material design optoelectronic semiconductors |
| title | Recent Progress in Double-Layer Honeycomb Structure: A New Type of Two-Dimensional Material |
| title_full | Recent Progress in Double-Layer Honeycomb Structure: A New Type of Two-Dimensional Material |
| title_fullStr | Recent Progress in Double-Layer Honeycomb Structure: A New Type of Two-Dimensional Material |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent Progress in Double-Layer Honeycomb Structure: A New Type of Two-Dimensional Material |
| title_short | Recent Progress in Double-Layer Honeycomb Structure: A New Type of Two-Dimensional Material |
| title_sort | recent progress in double layer honeycomb structure a new type of two dimensional material |
| topic | two-dimensional materials double-layer honeycomb nanostructure material design optoelectronic semiconductors |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/21/7715 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mingyuma recentprogressindoublelayerhoneycombstructureanewtypeoftwodimensionalmaterial AT donghan recentprogressindoublelayerhoneycombstructureanewtypeoftwodimensionalmaterial AT niankechen recentprogressindoublelayerhoneycombstructureanewtypeoftwodimensionalmaterial AT danwang recentprogressindoublelayerhoneycombstructureanewtypeoftwodimensionalmaterial AT xianbinli recentprogressindoublelayerhoneycombstructureanewtypeoftwodimensionalmaterial |