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SUBMITTER: Guo Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4585815 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Guo Yaguang Y Wang Qian Q Kawazoe Yoshiyuki Y Jena Puru P
Scientific reports 20150923
Due to the compatibility with the well-developed Si-based semiconductor industry, there is considerable interest in developing silicon structures with direct energy band gaps for effective sunlight harvesting. In this paper, using silicon triangles as the building block, we propose a new silicon allotrope with a direct band gap of 0.61 eV, which is dynamically, thermally and mechanically stable. Symmetry group analysis further suggests that dipole transition at the direct band gap is allowed. In ...[more]