Acta Physica Sinica, Volume. 68, Issue 3, 037101-1(2019)

Electronic structures and optical properties of Ce-doped anatase TiO2 with oxygen vacancy

Shi-Wen Zhou1,*... Ping Peng2,*, Wen-Qin Chen1, Ming-Huai Yu1, Hui Guo1 and Zhen Yuan1 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
  • 2College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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    The 2 × 2 × 1 supercell structure of various supercell models (the red, grey and blue balls represent O, Ti and Ce atoms, respectively; the imaginary red circle shows the position of oxygen vacancy): (a) Pure anatase TiO2; (b) Ce-TiO2; (c) OV-TiO2; (d) Ce/OV-TiO2.2 × 2 × 1的超胞结构图(红色球为O, 灰色球为Ti, 蓝色球表示Ce原子的掺杂位置, 红色虚圆圈表示OV的位置) (a) Pure TiO2; (b) Ce-TiO2; (c) OV-TiO2; (d) Ce/OV-TiO2
    Band structure of anatase TiO2 before and after doping (the dashed lines represent the Fermi level, EF): (a) Pure TiO2; (b) Ce-doped TiO2; (c) OV-TiO2; (d) Ce/OV-TiO2.纯TiO2和Ce/OV掺杂TiO2的能带结构图(图中虚线代表费米能级EF) (a) Pure TiO2; (b) Ce-TiO2; (c) OV-TiO2; (d) Ce/OV-TiO2
    Comparison of partial density of states of anatase TiO2 before and after doping (the dashed lines represent the Fermi level, EF): (a) Pure TiO2; (b) Ce-doped TiO2; (c) OV-TiO2; (d) Ce/OV-TiO2.纯TiO2和Ce/OV掺杂TiO2的态密度图(图中虚线代表费米能级EF) (a) Pure TiO2; (b) Ce-TiO2; (c) OV-TiO2; (d) Ce/OV-TiO2
    Calculated band energy positions of pure TiO2, Ce-TiO2, OV-TiO2, Ce/OV-TiO2 (the energy scale is indicated by the normal hydrogen electrode in electron volts as a reference; the short thick lines and fine red lines represent the band energy positions of TiO2 by neglecting and considering the impurity levels, respectively).Ce/OV掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2的能带带边位置示意图(图中各带边位置的电位均以NHE的电位为参考零点, 粗黑线代表忽略杂质能级时的带边位置, 细红线代表考虑杂质能级时的带边位置)
    Absorption spectra of pure and different doping TiO2 models (inset is the expanded absorption spectra in the visible region).Ce/OV掺杂锐钛矿TiO2的光吸收谱(插图为可见光区光吸收谱的放大图)
    • Table 1.

      Lattice parameters and band gap width of pure anatase TiO2 calculated at the GGA, GGA + U, LDA and LDA + U levels of theory.

      采用GGA, GGA + U, LDA及LDA + U方法计算得到的纯锐钛矿相TiO2的晶格参数和带隙宽度

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      Table 1.

      Lattice parameters and band gap width of pure anatase TiO2 calculated at the GGA, GGA + U, LDA and LDA + U levels of theory.

      采用GGA, GGA + U, LDA及LDA + U方法计算得到的纯锐钛矿相TiO2的晶格参数和带隙宽度

      参量GGAGGA + ULDALDA + UExperimentTheoryError%
      注: dap, deq分别表示Ti—O长键和短键的键长; 误差指LDA + U方法相对于实验值的误差.
      a/nm 0.37910.38970.37450.38060.3785[26]0.3831[29]0.5548
      b/nm 0.37910.38970.37450.38060.3785[26]0.3831[29]0.5548
      c/nm 0.98050.99250.94470.96740.9514[26]0.9631[29]1.6817
      c/a2.58602.54702.52302.54102.5140[26]2.5140[29]1.0739
      u0.20500.20500.20800.20700.2050[29]
      dap/nm 0.20110.20310.19660.20050.1980[27]0.1973[29]1.2626
      deq/nm 0.19460.20000.19140.19480.1934[28]0.1930[29]0.7238
      Eg/eV 2.183.182.163.123.32[24]3.23[29]
    • Table 2.

      Lattice parameters of Ce/OV single and co-doped anatase TiO2 after the structure relaxation.

      Ce/OV单(共)掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2弛豫后的晶胞参数

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      Table 2.

      Lattice parameters of Ce/OV single and co-doped anatase TiO2 after the structure relaxation.

      Ce/OV单(共)掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2弛豫后的晶胞参数

      参量Ce-TiO2OV-TiO2Ce/OV-TiO2
      This workExperimentOther theoryThis workThis work
      注: dap, deq分别表示Ce-TiO2, Ce/OV-TiO2中Ce—O长键和短键的键长, 对于OV-TiO2则表示Ti—O长键和短键的平均键长.
      a/nm 0.38220.3789[25]0.3980[31]0.37890.3827
      b/nm 0.38330.3980[31]0.37930.3798
      c/nm 0.99560.9509[25]0.9757[31]0.98241.0090
      dap/nm 0.22250.2273[32]0.20120.2233
      deq/nm 0.21830.2119[32]0.19460.2252
    • Table 3.

      Defect formation energy, average net charges and average dipole moment of Ce/OV doped TiO2 supercell after the structure relaxation.

      Ce/OV掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2的缺陷形成能(Ef)、平均净电荷(q)和平均偶极矩(p)

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      Table 3.

      Defect formation energy, average net charges and average dipole moment of Ce/OV doped TiO2 supercell after the structure relaxation.

      Ce/OV掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2的缺陷形成能(Ef)、平均净电荷(q)和平均偶极矩(p)

      ModelEf/eV q/e p/Debye
      Ti-richO-richOTiCe
      Pure TiO2−0.7201.4400.0000
      Ce-TiO210.421.16−0.7191.4051.9200.0168
      OV-TiO21.025.65−0.7271.4120.0668
      Ce/OV-TiO2−15.84−20.48−0.7251.3731.9200.0251
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    Shi-Wen Zhou, Ping Peng, Wen-Qin Chen, Ming-Huai Yu, Hui Guo, Zhen Yuan. Electronic structures and optical properties of Ce-doped anatase TiO2 with oxygen vacancy [J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2019, 68(3): 037101-1

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    Received: Nov. 1, 2018

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    Published Online: Oct. 28, 2019

    The Author Email: Peng Ping (ppeng@hnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.7498/aps.68.20181946

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