  Adsorption of eight organic molecules (acetone, acetonitrile, ammonia,
benzene, methane, methanol, ethanol, and toluene) onto silicene has been
investigated using van der Waals density functional theory calculations
(DFT-D). The calculated values of the adsorption energies vary from $-0.11$ eV
to $-0.95$ eV. Quantitatively, these values are higher than the corresponding
adsorption energies of the molecules adsorbed on graphene. In addition,
electronic structure calculations have been performed. The obtained values of
the band gap range from 0.006 eV to 0.35 eV for acetonitrile to acetone,
respectively. Furthermore, the effective mass of the electron is estimated and
found to be comparatively small, which is expected to result in high electron
mobility. In addition, we study the effect of Li atoms doped in pristine and
acetone adsorbed silicene. In particular, we focus on the variation of the
adsorption energy with respect to the number of Li atoms in the systems. Our
results suggest new approaches for the use of silicene molecular-based energy
storage and conversion as well as electronic devices.
