Giant piezoelectricity of monolayer group IV monochalcogenides: SnSe, SnS, GeSe, and GeS

We predict enormous, anisotropic piezoelectric effects in intrinsic monolayer group IV monochalcogenides (MX, M=Sn or Ge, X=Se or S), including SnSe, SnS, GeSe, and GeS. Using first-principle simulations based on the modern theory of polarization, we find that their piezoelectric coefficients are ab...

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Main Authors: Fei, Ruixiang, Li, Wenbin, Li, Ju, Yang, Li
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics (AIP) 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105190
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7841-8058