Lithiation of Epitaxial Monolayer Borophene
Sherif Kamal, Insung Seo, Iulia Cojocariu, Matteo Jugovac, Andrea Locatelli, Yoshihiro Gohda, Marko Kralj, Tevfik Onur Menteş, Marin Petrović · 2026
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Description
Kamal and colleagues study, in 2026, what happens when lithium is deposited onto borophene, a one-atom-thick sheet of boron grown on an iridium crystal. Decorating two-dimensional materials with alkali metals is a way to tune their electronic behavior, since lithium donates electrons. Using electron microscopy, X-ray spectroscopy, and computer models, the team tracked where the lithium sits and how it changes the sheet.
Lithium stayed on the surface rather than slipping underneath the borophene, a route called intercalation, unfavorable here. Adsorbed lithium distorted the borophene lattice, especially after the sample was annealed, and its strong bonds to boron and iridium upset the layer's charge balance. At a coverage of 1.5 monolayers, the lithium binding energy fell to 55.79 electron volts and its spectral peak widened by 30 percent against the low-coverage case. After heating, boron spread across the surface, a caution for future functionalization attempts.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sherif Kamal, Insung Seo, Iulia Cojocariu, Matteo Jugovac, Andrea Locatelli, Yoshihiro Gohda, Marko Kralj, Tevfik Onur Menteş, Marin Petrović |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |