Li-doped metallic black phosphorous

Using ARPES and first-principle calculations, we show that the surface of black phosphorus (bP) can be chemically functionalized using Li atoms and the electron–phonon coupling in this metallic phase is strong enough to eventually lead to a superconducting phase at Tc = 17K for LiP8 stoichiometry.

  Sanna et al., 2D Mater. 3, 025013 (2016).


By menas of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) we show that the surface of black phosphorus (bP) can be chemically functionalized using Li atoms which donate their 2s electron to the conduction band. First principles calculations demonstrate the metallization of phosphorene by means of Li doping filling the unoccupied antibonding pz states. The electron–phonon coupling in the metallic phase is strong enough to eventually lead to a superconducting phase at Tc = 17K for LiP8 stoichiometry. The combined theoretical and experimental study demonstrates the semiconductor-metal transition indicating a feasible way to induce a


superconducting phase in phosphorene and few-layer black phosphorus.

Retrieve article
First-principles and angle-resolved photoemission study of lithium doped metallic black phosphorous
A. Sanna, A.V. Fedorov, N.I. Verbitskiy, J. Fink, C. Krellner, L. Petaccia, A. Chikina, D.Yu. Usachov, A. Grüneis, G. Profeta,
2D Mater. 3, 025013 (2016).
doi: 10.1088/2053-1583/3/2/025031

Last Updated on Friday, 29 January 2021 21:33