Silicene or two-dimensional (2D) graphene-like silicon allotrope has recently emerged as a promising candidate for various applications in nanotechnology. However, few concerns involving its stability persist to date and need...

The thermoelectric efficiency in different materials is measured by the quantity ZT, known as figure of merit. This quantity in bulk materials have values not higher than the unit, but in nanostructured systems can be improvement by different mechanism, such as quantum size effects and the reduction of the thermal conductance, reaching values greater than 1 [1]. In this work, we propose a two d...

We have investigated the possibility of using aluminum functionalized silicene trilayers (ABC-Si 4 Al 2 ) as an anode material for alkali metal ion batteries (AMIBs).

Mechanical control of electronic and magnetic properties 2D Van-der-Waals heterostructures gives new possibilities for further development spintronics information-related technologies. Using the density functional theory, we investigate structural, silicene monolayer with substituted Chromium atoms under a small biaxial strain (−6%<ε<8%). Our results indicate that Cr-doped nanosheets without ha...