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In an attempt to push the boundary of miniaturization, there has been a rising interest in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors with superior electronic, mechanical, and thermal properties as alternatives for silicon-based devices. Due to their fascinating properties resulting from lowering dimensionality, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and graphene are considered promising candidates to be used in the next generation of high-performance devices. However, neither h-BN nor graphene is a semiconductor due to a zero bandgap in the one case and a too large bandgap in the other case. Here, we demonstrate from first-principles calculations that a hybrid 2D material formed by cross-linking alternating chains of carbon and boron nitride (HCBN) shows promising characteristics combining the thermal merits of graphene and h-BN while possessing the electronic structure characteristic of a semiconductor. Our calculations demonstrate that the thermal properties of HCBN are comparable to those of h-BN and graphene (parent systems). HCBN is dynamically stable and has a bandgap of 2.43 eV. At low temperatures, it exhibits smaller thermal contraction than the parent systems. However, beyond room temperature, in contrast to the parent systems, it has a positive but finitely small linear-thermal expansion coefficient. The calculated isothermal bulk modulus indicates that at high temperatures, HCBN is less compressible, whereas at low temperatures it is more compressible relative to the parent systems. The results of our study are important for the rational design of a 2D semiconductor with good thermal properties.

First-Principles Study of the Electronic Properties and Thermal Expansivity of a Hybrid 2D Carbon and Boron Nitride Material