Highly Fluorinated Graphene

Abstract

We give the results of density functional calculations for graphene with a widely varying fluorine adsorptions. We give a systematic analysis of the adsorption energies, lattice constants, bulk modulus, bandgap openings, and magnetic properties. We find that a number of different adsorption geometries and a range of physical properties can occur for each adsorbate coverage. The systems are found to range from metallic to semiconducting with widely vary band gaps, and a number of interesting magnetic phases are found. We expect that many of these structures may occur in real materials systems. Further that a listing of the properties found here may help in determining what fluorinated graphenes are produced experimentally.