title: Hydrogenated borophene as a stable two-dimensional Dirac material with an ultrahigh Fermi velocity.
abstract: The recent synthesis of monolayer borophene (triangular boron monolayer) on a substrate has opened the era of boron nanosheets (Science, 2015, 350, 1513), but the structural instability and a need to explore the novel physical properties are still open issues. Here we demonstrated that borophene can be stabilized by full surface hydrogenation (borophane), from first-principles calculations. Most interestingly, our calculations show that borophane has direction-dependent Dirac cones, which are mainly caused by the in-plane pxand pyorbitals of boron atoms. The Dirac fermions possess an ultrahigh Fermi velocity of up to 3.5 × 106m s-1under the HSE06 level, which is 4 times higher than that of graphene. The Young's moduli are calculated to be 190 and 120 GPa nm along two different directions, which are comparable to those of steel. The ultrahigh Fermi velocity and good mechanical features render borophane ideal for nanoelectronic applications.
authors.affiliation: College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China.
authors.forename: Li-Chun
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Physics, and Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Garden Point Campus, QLD 4001, Brisbane, Australia. aijun.du@qut.edu.au liangzhi.kou@qut.edu.au.
authors.forename: Aijun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Physics, and Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Garden Point Campus, QLD 4001, Brisbane, Australia. aijun.du@qut.edu.au liangzhi.kou@qut.edu.au.
authors.forename: Liangzhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kou