This work studied
hydrogen adsorption by a two-dimensional silicon
carbide using a combined molecular dynamics and density functional
theory approach. The geometrical properties of partially and fully
hydrogenated structures were investigated, considering the effect
of zero-point energy. The preferred hydrogen atom location is on top
of silicon atoms. The hydrogen interaction energies were obtained
for the first time as the attractive force. For fully hydrogenated
2D SiC, the chair-like conformer is the most stable configuration,
and the next is the boat-like conformer, while the table-like structure
is not stable. The coverage and arrangement of the adsorbed hydrogen
atoms significantly influence the values of the direct/indirect bandgaps
of the considered systems, increasing the bandgap to 4.07, 3.64, and
4.41 eV for chair-like, table-like, and boat-like, respectively. Their
dynamical stability was investigated by phonon dispersion calculations.
The obtained results can serve as a guide for the application of hydrogenated
two-dimensional silicon carbide in optoelectronic applications in
manufacturing innovation.