Nanoscale Probing of Image-Potential States and Electron Transfer Doping in Borophene Polymorphs

dc.citation.firstpage1169en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber2en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleNano Lettersen_US
dc.citation.lastpage1174en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber21en_US
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Xiaolongen_US
dc.contributor.authorWang, Luqingen_US
dc.contributor.authorYakobson, Boris I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHersam, Mark C.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-24T19:15:48Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-02-24T19:15:48Zen_US
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractBecause synthetic 2D materials are generally stabilized by interfacial coupling to growth substrates, direct probing of interfacial phenomena is critical for understanding their nanoscale structure and properties. Using field-emission resonance spectroscopy with an ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscope, we reveal Stark-shifted image-potential states of the v1/6 and v1/5 borophene polymorphs on Ag(111) with long lifetimes, suggesting high borophene lattice and interface quality. These image-potential states allow the local work function and interfacial charge transfer of borophene to be probed at the nanoscale and test the widely employed self-doping model of borophene. Supported by apparent barrier height measurements and density functional theory calculations, electron transfer doping occurs for both borophene phases from the Ag(111) substrate. In contradiction with the self-doping model, a higher electron transfer doping level occurs for denser v1/6 borophene compared to v1/5 borophene, thus revealing the importance of substrate effects on borophene electron transfer.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLiu, Xiaolong, Wang, Luqing, Yakobson, Boris I., et al.. "Nanoscale Probing of Image-Potential States and Electron Transfer Doping in Borophene Polymorphs." <i>Nano Letters,</i> 21, no. 2 (2021) American Chemical Society: 1169-1174. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04869.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalacs-nanolett-0c04869en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04869en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110089en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Societyen_US
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dc.titleNanoscale Probing of Image-Potential States and Electron Transfer Doping in Borophene Polymorphsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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