Penta-Hexa-Graphene Nanoribbons: Intrinsic Magnetism and Edge Effect Induce Spin-Gapless Semiconducting and Half-Metallic Properties

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Yuan-Xiang DengKe-Qiu Chen

Abstract

Two-dimensional materials with intrinsic long-range ordered magnetic moments have drawn a lot of attention. However, for practical applications, whether or not the magnetism is stable in their nanostructures has not been revealed. Here, based on the recently proposed magnetic penta-hexa-graphene, we study the electronic and magnetic properties of its nanoribbons (named PHGNRs). The results show that the PHGNRs have intrinsic robust magnetic moments that are different from zigzag graphene nanoribbons, where the magnetic moments caused by the edge effect are vulnerable. Moreover, the magnetic ground states, namely, ferromagnetic (FM) or antiferromagnetic (AFM), can be transformed by changing the width of PHGNRs. Most interestingly, under the FM ground state, the spin-polarized electronic properties reveal that the zigzag PHGNRs transform from spin-gapless semiconductors (SGSs) to half-metals, as the width of nanoribbons increases, while all the armchair PHGNRs are magnetic semiconductors. Furthermore, by considering different edge effects caused by the residual carbon atoms on the edges, the PHGNRs can further derive different types of SGSs, as well as half-metals. Our work suggests that the PHGNRs possessing intrinsic robust mag...Continue Reading

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