I掺杂金红石TiO$lt;sub$gt;2$lt;/sub$gt;(110)面的第一性原理研究

利用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理研究了I掺杂金红石TiO₂（110）表面的形成能和电子结构,分析了不同掺杂位置的结构对TiO₂光催化性能的影响. 计算表明,氧化环境下I最容易替代掺杂表面五配位的Ti,而还原环境下最容易替代掺杂表面的桥位氧. I替位Ti或I替位O都能降低禁带宽度,可能使TiO₂吸收带出现红移现象或产生在可见光区的吸收,其中I替位桥位氧的禁带宽度最小. 吸收光谱表明,I掺杂不仅能提高TiO₂可见光响应,同时可增加紫外光的吸收能量,提高其可见光及紫外光下的光催化性能. 关键词： 第一性原理 I掺杂 2(110)')" href="#">金红石相TiO₂(110) 光催化     

S掺杂对锐钛矿相TiO2电子结构与光催化性能的影响

采用基于第一性原理的平面波超软赝势方法研究了掺杂不同价态S的锐钛矿相TiO₂的晶体结构、杂质形成能、电子结构及光学性质.计算结果表明硫在掺杂体系中的存在形态与实验中的制备条件有关;掺杂后晶格发生畸变、原子间的键长及原子的电荷量也发生了变化,导致晶体中的八面体偶极矩增大; S 3p态与O 2p态、Ti 3d态杂化而使导带位置下移、价带位置上移及价带宽化,从而导致TiO₂的禁带宽度变窄、光吸收曲线红移到可见光区.这些结果很好地解释了S掺杂锐钛矿相TiO₂在可见光下具有优良的光催化性能的内在原因.根据计算结果分析比较了硫以不同离子价态掺杂对锐钛矿相TiO₂电子结构和光催化性能影响的差别. 关键词： 2')" href="#">锐钛矿相TiO₂ S掺杂 第一性原理 光催化性能     

第一性原理研究Eu/N共掺杂锐钛矿TiO2光催化剂的电子和光学性质

基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波赝势方法, 运用Vasp方法计算了Eu, N掺杂及Eu/N共掺杂锐钛矿TiO₂的结构, 并分析了其电子及光学性质. 通过计算发现有一些Eu的4f态电子在Eu掺杂锐钛矿TiO₂的体系的费米能级附近出现杂质能级, 并且N掺杂会使得锐钛矿TiO₂的禁带宽度减小. 对于共掺杂体系而言, Eu/N共掺杂的协同效应能导致锐钛矿TiO₂的晶格畸变及禁带宽度减小. 与此同时, 计算得到的光吸收谱表明Eu/N混合掺杂锐钛矿TiO₂展现出了明显的光谱吸收边缘红移. 这些计算结果表明Eu/N共掺杂锐钛矿TiO₂具有优良的光催化活性. 关键词： 2')" href="#">TiO₂ 共掺杂 可见光催化剂 密度泛函理论     

C掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2吸收光谱的第一性原理研究

运用第一性原理,对C掺杂锐钛矿相TiO₂的电子结构进行了研究,从能带结构理论解释了C掺杂TiO₂吸收光谱的一些实验现象.发现在C掺杂后的锐钛矿相TiO₂的禁带宽度增大,并且在带隙中出现了杂质能级,这些杂质能级主要是由C 2p轨道上的电子构成的,它们之间是独立的,正是这些独立的杂质能级使TiO₂掺杂后可以发生可见光响应.价带上的电子可以吸收一定能量的光子跃迁到杂质能级,而杂质能级上的电子也可以吸收一定能量的光子跃迁到导带,所以从理论上可以计算出掺杂后的TiO₂在可见光范围内存在两个吸收边,与实验中所得到的现象相一致. 关键词： C掺杂 2')" href="#">锐钛矿TiO₂ 能带结构 吸收光谱     

La-Ce共掺杂锐钛矿TiO2的缺陷形成能和电子结构分析

采用基于密度泛函的第一性原理研究了稀土元素La、Ce共掺杂锐钛矿相TiO₂的缺陷形成能,缺陷电荷转变能级以及电子结构.研究发现,富氧状态下La、Ce掺杂以及La-Ce共掺的缺陷形成能均为负值,而贫氧状态下La、Ce掺杂形成能为正,表明La、Ce的掺杂TiO₂只能在氧气氛制备条件下进行;替代Ti掺杂缺陷电荷转变能级计算结果表明:0/1-的缺陷电荷转变能级分别位于VBM上面0.522 eV及2.440 eV处;与纯锐钛矿相TiO₂相比,La、Ce单掺杂以及La-Ce共掺杂均能减小TiO₂的禁带宽度,但共掺杂体系的禁带宽度更窄,因此共掺杂体系将更有利于提高TiO₂对可见光的响应能力和光催化性能.     

N/Cu共掺杂锐钛矿型TiO2第一性原理研究

基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波超软赝势法, 采用局域自旋密度近似加Hubbard U值方法研究了纯锐钛矿型TiO₂, N, Cu单掺杂TiO₂及N/Cu共掺杂TiO₂ 的晶体结构、电子结构和光学性质. 研究结果表明, 掺杂后晶格发生相应畸变, 晶格常数变大. N 和Cu的掺杂在TiO₂禁带中引入杂质能级, 禁带宽度发生相应改变. 对于N掺杂TiO₂禁带宽度减小较弱, 而Cu掺杂和N/Cu共掺TiO₂禁带宽度显著降低, 导致吸收光谱明显红移, 光学催化性增强, 有利于实际应用.     

N掺杂锐钛矿TiO2电子结构的第一性原理研究

为了研究N掺杂对锐钛矿型TiO₂电子结构的影响，进而揭示N掺杂导致锐钛矿型TiO₂的禁带宽度变小的机理，对N掺杂TiO₂进行了基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理研究. 通过对能带、态密度及电子分布密度图的分析，发现在N掺杂后，N原子与Ti原子在导带区，发生了强烈的相互关联作用，致使Ti原子3d轨道上的电子向N原子2p轨道发生移动，使得导带降低了，从而使得TiO₂导带的禁带宽度变小.理论预测可以发生红移现象，与实验结果对比分析，理论与实验基本相符. 关键词： N掺杂 2')" href="#">锐钛矿型TiO₂ 电子结构     

Magnli相亚氧化钛Ti8O15的电子结构和光学性能的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的平面波超软赝势法研究了Magneli相亚氧化钛Ti8O15的电子结构和光学性能.计算出的能带结构显示Ti₈O₁₅相比锐钛型TiO₂禁带宽度大幅度降低.态密度分析表明,其原因在于Ti₈O₁₅的O原子的2p轨道以及Ti原子的3p,3d轨道相对于TiO₂的相应轨道向左产生了偏移,同时由于O原子的缺失使得Ti原子的3d,3p轨道多余电子在Fermi能级附近聚集形成新的电子能级.态密度分析结果还显示,相对于TiO₂,Ti₈O₁₅Fermi能级附近电子格局发生了如下变化:O原子的2p轨道电子贡献减少,Ti原子的3d轨道的电子对Fermi能级贡献增大.光吸收计算图谱表明,TiO₂仅在紫外光区有较高的光吸收能力,而Ti₈O₁₅由于禁带宽度变窄引起光吸收范围红移到可见光区,从而在紫外光区和可见光区都有较高的光吸收能力,计算结果与实验得到的紫外-可见漫反射吸收光谱结果一致.     

I掺杂金红石TiO_2(110)面的第一性原理研究

利用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理研究了I掺杂金红石Ti O2(110)表面的形成能和电子结构,分析了不同掺杂位置的结构对Ti O2光催化性能的影响.计算表明,氧化环境下I最容易替代掺杂表面五配位的Ti,而还原环境下最容易替代掺杂表面的桥位氧.I替位Ti或I替位O都能降低禁带宽度,可能使Ti O2吸收带出现红移现象或产生在可见光区的吸收,其中I替位桥位氧的禁带宽度最小.吸收光谱表明,I掺杂不仅能提高Ti O2可见光响应,同时可增加紫外光的吸收能量,提高其可见光及紫外光下的光催化性能.     

Magnéli相亚氧化钛Ti8O15的电子结构和光学性能的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的平面波超软赝势法研究了Magnéli相亚氧化钛Ti₈O₁₅的电子结构和光学性能. 计算出的能带结构显示Ti₈O₁₅相比锐钛型TiO₂禁带宽度大幅度降低. 态密度分析表明, 其原因在于Ti₈O₁₅的O原子的2p轨道以及Ti原子的3p, 3d轨道相对于TiO₂的相应轨道向左产生了偏移, 同时由于O原子的缺失使得Ti原子的3d, 3p轨道多余电子在Fermi能级附近聚集形成新的电子能级. 态密度分析结果还显示, 相对于TiO₂, Ti₈O₁₅ Fermi能级附近电子格局发生了如下变化: O原子的2p轨道电子贡献减少, Ti原子的3d轨道的电子对Fermi能级贡献增大. 光吸收计算图谱表明, TiO₂仅在紫外光区有较高的光吸收能力, 而Ti₈O₁₅由于禁带宽度变窄引起光吸收范围红移到可见光区, 从而在紫外光区和可见光区都有较高的光吸收能力, 计算结果与实验得到的紫外-可见漫反射吸收光谱结果一致. 关键词： 第一性原理 8O₁₅')" href="#">Magnéli相亚氧化钛Ti₈O₁₅ 电子结构 光学性能     

Electronic properties of anatase TiO2 doped by lanthanides: A DFT+U study

The effects of mono-doping of 4f lanthanides with and without oxygen vacancy defect on the electronic structures of anatase TiO₂ have been studied by first-principles calculations with DFT+U (DFT with Hubbard U correction) to treat the strong correlation of Ti 3d electrons and lanthanides 4f electrons. Our results revealed that dopant Ce is easy to incorporate into the TiO₂ host by substituting Ti due to its lower substitutional energy (∼−2.0 eV), but the band gap of the system almost keeps intact after doping. The Ce 4f states are located at the bottom of conduction band, which mainly originates from Ti 3d states. The magnetic moment of doped Ce disappears due to electron transfer from Ce to the nearest O atoms. For Pr and Gd doping, their substitutional energies are similar and close to zero, indicating that both of them may also incorporate into the TiO₂ host. For Pr doping, some 4f spin-down states are located next to the bottom of the conduction band and narrow the band gap of the doping system. However, for Gd doping, the 4f states are located in deep valence band and there is no intermediate band in the band gap. The magnetic moment of dopant Gd is close to the value of isolated Gd atom (∼7 μB), indicating no overlapping between Gd 4f with other orbitals. For Eu, it is hard to incorporate into the TiO₂ host due to its very higher substitutional energy. The results also indicated that oxygen vacancy defect may enhance the adsorption of the visible light in Ln-doped TiO₂ system.     

Electronic and optical properties of pure and Mo doped anatase TiO2 using GGA and GGA+U calculations

Comparative GGA and GGA+U calculations for pure and Mo doped anatase TiO₂ are performed based on first principle theory, whose results show that GGA+U calculation provide more reliable results as compared to the experimental findings. The direct band gap nature of the anatase TiO₂ is confirmed, both by using GGA and GGA+U calculations. Mo doping in anatase TiO₂ narrows the band gap of TiO₂ by introducing Mo 4d states below the conduction band minimum. Significant reduction of the band gap of anatase TiO₂ is found with increasing Mo doping concentration due to the introduction of widely distributed Mo 4d states below the conduction band minimum. The increase in the width of the conduction band with increasing doping concentration shows enhancement in the conductivity which may be helpful in increasing electron–hole pairs separation and consequently decreases the carrier recombination. The Mo doped anatase TiO₂ exhibits the n-type characteristic due to the shifting of Fermi level from the top of the valence band to the bottom of the conduction band. Furthermore, a shift in the absorption edge towards visible light region is apparent from the absorption spectrum which will enhance its photocatalytic activity. All the doped models have depicted visible light absorption and the absorption peaks shift towards higher energies in the visible region with increasing doping concentration. Our results describe the way to tailor the band gap of anatase TiO₂ by changing Mo doping concentration. The Mo doped anatase TiO₂ will be a very useful photocatalyst with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity.     

Electronic structure and enhanced visible‐light absorption of N,B‐codoped TiO2

We present GGA+U calculations to investigate the electronic structure and visible‐light absorption of N,B‐codoped anatase TiO₂. The N_sB_i (substitutional N, interstitial B) codoped TiO₂ produces significant Ti 3d and N 2p mid‐gap states when the distance of N and B atoms is far, whereas the N_iB_i (interstitial N and B) and N_sB_s (substitutional N and B) codoped TiO₂ prefer to form localized p states at 0.3–1.2 eV above the valence band maximum. Further, the optical band edges of the three codoped systems shift slightly to the visible region, but only the far‐distance N_sB_i codoped TiO₂ clearly shows an optical transition. These results indicate that N_sB_i codoped TiO₂ has a dominant contribution to the optical absorption of N,B‐codoped TiO₂. (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Influence of tungsten doping concentration on the electronic and optical properties of anatase TiO2

The structural, electronic and optical properties of tungsten-doped TiO₂ have been investigated using density functional theory with plane wave basis sets and ultrasoft pseuodopotential. Substitutional W doping at Ti sites create W 5d states just below the conduction band minimum while interstitial W doping gives isolated W 5d states in the middle of forbidden region. Averaged bond lengths show that W doping at Ti sites produce minimum structural distortion as compared to the interstitial W-doped TiO₂. Substitutional W-doped TiO₂ has better visible light absorption compared to interstitial W-doped TiO₂ and has stable configuration which provide reasonable explanation for the experimental findings. Tungsten doping in TiO₂ with different doping concentrations is investigated as an enabling concept for enhancing the visible light absorption. Optical properties show that optimal W doping concentration would improve the visible light absorption. 2.08% W doping concentration gives strong visible and ultraviolet light absorption among all doped models found consistent with experiments.     

Theoretical and experimental study on the electronic structure and optical absorption properties of P-doped TiO2

Phosphorus-doped nanosized TiO₂ powders were prepared by a sol-gel technology. The optical absorption studies revealed that the spectral responses of phosphorus-doped (P-doped) TiO₂ powders shift to the visible light region. The optimum phosphorus (P) content in our experiments is 16.7% (mol), and the corresponding absorption edge shifts to 450 nm. Furthermore, our ab initio calculations support the conclusion that the doping of phosphorus can reduce the band gap by mixing the P 3p states with O 2p states. The theoretical lattice parameters and optimum phosphorus content are in agreement with the experimental results.     

替位和间隙原子N对ZnO电子结构和光学性质的影响

本文采用密度泛函理论，深入研究了N作为替位和间隙原子对ZnO电子结构和光学性质的影响，结果表明：由于N在八面体间隙位置的形成能小所以更倾向于占据八面体间隙位置；N掺杂ZnO会形成p型半导体；N在间隙位置能够明显的缩小带隙宽度，可以有效的促进ZnO对光的吸收；在可见光区，处于间隙位置的N具有良好的光学吸收谱并且产生明显的红移，这与带隙的变化规律一致。     

A combined experimental and theoretical analysis of Fe-implanted TiO2 modified by metal plasma ion implantation

Photocatalyst titanium dioxide (TiO₂) thin films were prepared using sol-gel process. To improve the photosensitivity of TiO₂ at visible light, transition metal of Fe was implanted into TiO₂ matrix at 20 keV using the metal plasma ion implantation process. The primary phase of the Fe-implanted TiO₂ films is anatase, but X-ray diffraction revealed a slight shift of diffraction peaks toward higher angles due to the substitutional doping of iron. The additional band gap energy levels were created due to the formation of the impurity levels (Fe-O) verified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, which resulted in a shift of the absorption edge toward a longer wavelength in the absorption spectra. The optical band gap energy of TiO₂ films was reduced from 3.22 to 2.87 eV with an increase of Fe ion dosages from 0 to 1 × 10¹⁶ ions/cm². The band gap was determined by the Tauc plots. The photocatalysis efficiency of Fe-implanted TiO₂ was assessed using the degradation of methylene blue under ultraviolet and visible light irradiation. The calculated density of states for substitutional Fe-implanted TiO₂ was investigated using the first-principle calculations based on the density functional theory. A combined experimental and theoretical Fe-implanted TiO₂ film was formed, consistent with the experimentally observed photocatalysis efficiency of Fe-implanted TiO₂ in the visible region.     

First-principles calculations on TiO2 doped by N, Nd, and vacancy

First-principles density functional theory calculations have been carried out to investigate electronic structures of anatase TiO₂ with substitutional dopants of N, Nd, and vacancy, which replace O, Ti, and O, respectively. The calculation on N-doped TiO₂ with the local density approximation (LDA) demonstrates that N doping introduces some states located at the valence band maximum and thus makes the original band gap of TiO₂ smaller. Examining the effect of the strong correlation of Nd 4f electrons on the electronic structure of Nd-doped TiO₂, we have obtained the half-metallic ground state with the LDA and the insulating ground state with the LDA+U (Hubbard coefficient), respectively. In addition, the calculation on vacancy-doped TiO₂ with the LDA shows that a vacancy can induce some states in the band-gap region, which act as shallow donors.     

First-principles study of electronic structures and optical properties of Cu, Ag, and Au-doped anatase TiO2

We perform first-principles calculations to investigate the band structure, density of states, optical absorption, and the imaginary part of dielectric function of Cu, Ag, and Au-doped anatase TiO₂ in 72 atoms systems. The electronic structure results show that the Cu incorporation can lead to the enhancement of d states near the uppermost of valence band, while the Ag and Au doping cause some new electronic states in band gap of TiO₂. Meanwhile, it is found that the visible optical absorptions of Cu, Ag, and Au-doped TiO₂, are observed by analyzing the results of optical properties, which locate in the region of 400-1000 nm. The absorption band edges of Cu, Ag, and Au-doped TiO₂ shift to the long wavelength region compared with the pure TiO₂. Furthermore, according to the calculated results, we propose the optical transition mechanisms of Cu, Ag, and Au-doped TiO₂. Our results show that the visible light response of TiO₂ can be modulated by substitutional doping of Cu, Ag, and Au.