Journal
MOLECULAR SIMULATION
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 86-91Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2016.1233549
Keywords
Molybdenum disulphide; strain engineering; electronic property; density functional theory
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In this paper, we study the effect of uniaxial and biaxial strain on the structural and electronic properties of MoS2 monolayers by first-principle calculations based on density functional theory. Our calculations show that the bond length between Mo and S atoms d(Mo-S) depends linearly on the strain. At the equilibrium state, MoS2 has a direct band gap of 1.72 eV opening at the K-point. However, an indirect-direct band gap transition has been found in MoS2 monolayer when the strain is introduced. MoS2 becomes a semiconductor with an indirect band gap when the uniaxial strain epsilon(x) >= 1% or the biaxial strain epsilon(xy) >= 1%. Under biaxial strain, a metal-semiconductor transition occurs at 18% of elongation. The indirect character and phase transition will largely constrain application of MoS2 monolayer to electronic and optical devices.
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