A review of thermal transport and electronic properties of borophene

TL;DR

This review summarizes recent advances in the understanding of borophene's electronic and thermal properties, highlighting its potential in electronics and the need for further experimental research.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of borophene's electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties, emphasizing recent findings and future research directions.

Findings

Borophene exhibits notable superconductivity and topological features.

Thermal transport properties of various borophene configurations are characterized.

The review identifies gaps and calls for more experimental studies.

Abstract

In recent years, two-dimensional boron sheets (borophene) have been experimentally synthesized and theoretically observed as promising conductor or transistor with novel thermal and electronic properties. We first give a general survey of some notable electronic properties of borophene, including the superconductivity and topological characters. We then mainly review the basic approaches, thermal transport, as well as the mechanical properties of borophene with different configurations. This review gives a general understanding of some of the crucial thermal transport and electronic properties of borophene, and also calls for further experimental investigations and applications on certain scientific community.