Fine tuning the band-gap of graphene by atomic and molecular doping: a density functional theory study

Hussain, Akhtar; Ullah, Saif; Farhan, M. Arshad

doi:10.1039/c6ra04782c

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“…These favourable sites for Be-S co-doped graphene have also been echoed in recent studies 54,61 to be suitable sites for certain classes of dual doped graphene. So far, the only exception to this proposition is SiB along with GeB dual doped graphene.…”

Section: Formation Energies Of Bes Co-doped Graphenementioning

confidence: 82%

“…The sizes of the bond lengths of Be-C and C-C reported are in excellent agreement with previous studies. 33,54 Besides, the cohesive energy which gives a measure of the respective stabilities of Be-S co-doped graphene systems was calculated and found to be equal to 7.32 eV per atom for this system with OD isomer. This value is less than 9.19 eV per atom that we calculated for 4X4 pristine graphene.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Besides, Be and S are not the only dopants that preserve non-magnetic nature of graphene. Recently, Hussain et al 54 have also reported Be and N co-doped graphene to be non-magnetic.…”

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Exploring the stability and electronic structure of beryllium and sulphur co-doped graphene: a first principles study

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First principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been performed to explore the stability, structural and electronic properties of Be and S codoped graphene sheets. The band-gap of graphene has been tuned by co-doping with beryllium and sulphur at different sites. The results show that by codoping graphene with Be and S, the band-gap increases from zero up to 0.58 eV depending on the doping sites. The cohesive and the formation energies of the systems were also determined. All the isomers formed by exploring different doping sites differ notably in stability, bond length and band-gap. Nevertheless, the planar structure of all the systems investigated was preserved even after geometry optimisation. Majority of the isomers that correspond to co-doping at non-equivalent sites favour higher band-gap opening, but lesser stability, than the other set of isomers with equivalent doping sites. Bader charge analysis was adopted to account for charges distribution in the systems. As a result of the difference in electronegativity among carbon atoms and the impurities, it was observed that electrons accumulation occurred more on the carbon atoms in the proximity of Be and S than at any other position in the graphitic systems investigated.

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“…However, the likely dendrite formation will result in poor charge/discharge rate . Fortunately, the chemistry of graphene can easily be modified by certain techniques, among which doping is regarded as the simplest and efficient way . It is advantageous to dope graphene with the neighbors (B and N) and next neighbors (Be and O) atoms due to the relatively similar atomic radii of these atoms .…”

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“…Furthermore, these DDG such as BeB, BeN, BeO, PN, SN, etc. systems possess great physic‐chemical properties . Nevertheless, BeB DDG systems have already been proven as an exceptional anode material for LIBs and SIBs …”

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Adsorption and diffusion of alkali‐atoms (Li, Na, and K) on BeN dual doped graphene

Ullah

Denis

Sato

2019

Int J of Quantum Chemistry

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We employ first‐principles DFT calculations to explore the potential use of BeN dual doped graphene (DDG) as an anode material for alkali‐based batteries. The introduction of BeN in graphene raise the adsorption of Li, Na, and K by 1.37 eV (2.23 times), 1.23 eV (2.83 times), and 1.14 eV (2.14 times), respectively. Furthermore, BeN DDG offers a modest energy barrier for alkali atoms studied. Moreover, the alkali atoms have good chemistry with Be and the interaction strength decreases during the migration toward N. Most importantly, the exceptional storage capacity of BeN DDG for Li (~2255 mAh/g), Na (~996 mAh/g), and K (~747 mAh/g) makes it a highly desirable anode material. Additionally, the average open circuit voltage offered for Li (0.66 V), Na (0.33 V), and (K = 1.10 V) is found to be in excellent range. All these outstanding properties provide the possibility of using BeN DDG in future alkali‐based batteries.

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Triple‐Doped Monolayer Graphene with Boron, Nitrogen, Aluminum, Silicon, Phosphorus, and Sulfur

2017

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The structure, stability, electronic properties and chemical reactivity of X/B/N triple-doped graphene (TDG) systems (X=Al, Si, P, S) are investigated by means of periodic density functional calculations. In the studied TDGs the dopant atoms prefer to be bonded to one another instead of separated. In general, the XNB pattern is preferred, with the exception of sulfur, which favors the SBN motif. The introduction of a third dopant results in a negligible decrease of the cohesive energies with respect to the dual-doped graphene (DDG) counterparts. Thus, it is expect that these systems can be prepared soon. For SiNB TDG, the introduction of the B dopant reduces the gap opening at the K point and restores the Dirac cones that are destroyed in SiN DDG. On the contrary, for PNB TDG, the bandgap is increased with respect to PN DDG, probably because the introduction of B weakens the PN bonding, and thus the electronic structure is rather similar to that of P-doped graphene. Finally, with regard to the reactivity of the TDGs, for AlNB, PNB, and SNB the carbon atoms are more reactive than in their AlN, PN, and SN DDG counterparts. On the contrary, the reactivity of SiNB is lower than that of SiN DDG. Therefore, to increase the reactivity of graphene, Al, P, and S should be combined with BN motifs.

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Fine tuning the band-gap of graphene by atomic and molecular doping: a density functional theory study

Abstract: First-principles density functional theory (DFT) based calculations were carried out to investigate the structural and electronic properties of beryllium and nitrogen co-doped and BeN/BeO molecules-doped graphene systems.

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Exploring the stability and electronic structure of beryllium and sulphur co-doped graphene: a first principles study

Exploring the stability and electronic structure of beryllium and sulphur co-doped graphene: a first principles study

Adsorption and diffusion of alkali‐atoms (Li, Na, and K) on BeN dual doped graphene

Triple‐Doped Monolayer Graphene with Boron, Nitrogen, Aluminum, Silicon, Phosphorus, and Sulfur

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