Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 35, Issue 9, 993(2020)

First-principles Study on the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production of a Novel Two-dimensional Zr2CO2/InS Heterostructure

Yupeng ZHAO1, Yong HE1, Min ZHANG1、*, and Junjie SHI2
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  • 1College of Physics and Electionic Information, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China
  • 2School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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    Top views of 2D (a)Zr2CO2 and (b)InS and side view of (c)Zr2CO2/InS heterostructure
    (a) Projected band structure and density of states of Zr2CO2/InS heterostructure, and band-decomposed charge of local density distributions of (b) conduction band minimum (CBM) and (c) valence band maximum (VBM) for Zr2CO2/InS heterostructure (ρ=3.7×10-2 e·nm-3)
    Schematic diagram of the charge density difference of Zr2CO2/InS heterostructure, and the accumulation and depletion of electrons displaying with cyan and purple color isosurfaces, respectively (ρ=1.2×10-1 e·nm-3)
    Optical absorption coefficient of monolayer InS, Zr2CO2 and Zr2CO2/InS heterostructure
    In contrast to standard hydrogen electrode (SHE) potential, band gaps and band offset of two-dimensional InS and Zr2CO2 in (a) and Zr2CO2/InS heterostructure in (b)
    • Table 1. Lattice constants (a, b) and band gaps (Eg) of two-dimensional Zr2CO2 and InS, as well as their corresponding values reported in literatures

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      Table 1. Lattice constants (a, b) and band gaps (Eg) of two-dimensional Zr2CO2 and InS, as well as their corresponding values reported in literatures

      a/nmb/nmEg/eV (GGA)Eg/eV (GGA-1/2)Eg/eV (GW)
      Zr2CO2This study0.3310.3311.022.13
      Previous study0.331[18]0.331[18]0.97[18]2.13[15]
      InSThis study0.3910.3911.743.20
      Previous study0.394[7]0.394[7]1.74[7]3.20[7]
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    Yupeng ZHAO, Yong HE, Min ZHANG, Junjie SHI. First-principles Study on the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production of a Novel Two-dimensional Zr2CO2/InS Heterostructure[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(9): 993

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    Category: RESEARCH PAPER

    Received: Oct. 12, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 3, 2021

    The Author Email: ZHANG Min (zhangm@imnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20190521

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