Band gap opening from displacive instabilities in layered covalent-organic frameworks
Ju Huang, Matthias Golomb, Seán R. Kavanagh, Kasper Tolborg, Alex M. Ganose, Aron Walsh
Abstract
Symmetry breaking in covalent organic frameworks (COFs) lowers the energy and increases the valence to conduction band separation of the material.
Topics & Concepts
Covalent bondValence (chemistry)Valence bandMaterials scienceBand gapConduction bandCovalent organic frameworkSemimetalCondensed matter physicsChemical physicsNanotechnologyChemistryOptoelectronicsPhysicsOrganic chemistryQuantum mechanicsElectronCovalent Organic Framework ApplicationsGraphene research and applicationsLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials