Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2012-03-29
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
8 pages, 5 figures and 3 tables
Scientific paper
Electronic properties and atomic structures of W, N, S, W/N, and W/S dopings of anatase TiO_2 have been systematically investigated using the density functional theory (DFT). The exchange and correlation effects have been treated with Heyd, Scuseria and Ernzerhof (HSE) hybrid functional. Mixing traditional semi-local and non-local screened Hartree-Fock (HF) exchange energies, the HSE method corrects the band gap and also improves the description of anion/cation derived gap states. Enhanced charge carrier dynamics, observed for W/N codoped titania, can partly be explained by the passivative modifications of N 2p and W 5d states on its electronic structure. Following this trend we have found an apparent band gap narrowing of 1.03 eV for W/S codoping. This is due to the large dispersion of S 3p states at the valance band (VB) top extending its edge to higher energies and Ti--S--W hybridized states appearing at the bottom of the conduction band (CB). W/S-TiO_2 might show strong visible light response comparable to W/N codoped anatase catalysts.
Çelik Veysel
Mete Ersen
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