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Alsaati SAA, Abdoon RS, Hussein EH, Abduljalil HM, Mohammad RK, Al-Seady MA, Jasim AN, Saleh NAH, Allan L. Unveiling the potential of graphene and S-doped graphene nanostructures for toxic gas sensing and solar sensitizer cell devices: insights from DFT calculations. J Mol Model 2024; 30:191. [PMID: 38811405 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-024-05994-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
Abstract
CONTEXT In this work, we explore the potential of 2D materials, particularly graphene and its derivatives, for eco-friendly electricity generation and air pollution reduction. Leveraging the significant surface area of graphene nanomaterials, the susceptibility of these graphene-based nanostructures to hazardous substances and their applicability in clean solar cell (SSC) devices were systematically investigated using density functional theory (DFT), as implemented within Gaussian 5.0 code. Time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) was employed to characterize the UV-visible spectrum of unstrained nanostructures. Herein, we considered three potentially harmful gases-CO, NH3, and Br2. Adsorption calculations revealed a notable interaction between the pure graphene nanostructure and Br2 gas, while the S-doped counterpart exhibited reduced interaction. Saturated S-doped nanostructures demonstrated an enhanced affinity for NH3 and CO gases compared to their pure S-doped counterparts, attributed to the sulfur (S) atom facilitating gas molecule binding to the nanostructure's surface. Furthermore, simulations of the SSC device architecture indicated the superior performance of the pure graphene nanostructure in terms of light-harvesting efficiency, injection energy, and electron injection into the lower conduction band of CBM titanium dioxide (TiO2). These findings suggest a potential avenue for developing nanostructures tailored for SSC devices and gas sensors, offering a dual solution to address air pollution concerns. METHODS Density function theory was used to compute the ground and excited state properties for pure and sulfur-doped graphene nanostructures. The hybrid function B3LYP with a 6-31G* basis set was utilized to describe the exchange correlation. Gauss Sum 2.2 software is used to estimate the density of state (DOS) for all structures under investigation.
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- S A A Alsaati
- College of Basic Education, University of Babylon, Babylon City, 51002, Iraq
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- Physics Department, College of Science, University of Babylon, Babylon City, 51002, Iraq
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- Physics Department, College of Education for Pure Science, University of Babylon, Babylon City, 51002, Iraq
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- Physics Department, College of Science, University of Babylon, Babylon City, 51002, Iraq
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Kerbala, Kerbala City, 56001, Iraq
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- Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 84-86, Szeged City, 6720, Hungary.
- Environmental Centre and Research Studies, University of Babylon, Babylon City, 51002, Iraq.
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- Environmental Centre and Research Studies, University of Babylon, Babylon City, 51002, Iraq
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- Physics Department, College of Science, University of Babylon, Babylon City, 51002, Iraq
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Nairobi, P.O.Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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Alim MA, Repon MR, Islam T, Mishfa KF, Jalil MA, Aljabri MD, Rahman MM. Mapping the Progress in Natural Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells: Materials, Parameters and Durability. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202201557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Md. Abdul Alim
- Department of Textile Engineering Khulna University of Engineering & Technology Khulna 9203 Bangladesh
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- ZR Research Institute for Advanced Materials Sherpur 2100 Bangladesh
- Department of Production Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design Kaunas University of Technology Studentų 56 LT-51424 Kaunas Lithuania
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- ZR Research Institute for Advanced Materials Sherpur 2100 Bangladesh
- Department of Textile Engineering Jashore University of Science and Technology Jashore 7408 Bangladesh
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- Department of Textile Engineering Khulna University of Engineering & Technology Khulna 9203 Bangladesh
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- Department of Textile Engineering Khulna University of Engineering & Technology Khulna 9203 Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemistry University College in Al-Jamoum Umm Al-Qura University Makkah 21955 Saudi Arabia
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- Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR) & Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science King Abdulaziz University Jeddah 21589 Saudi Arabia
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Al Bin saleh H, Abd El-Lateef HM, Bakir E. Simple development of eco-friendly dye-sensitized solar cells via controlling thickness of TiO2 nanoparticles and viscosity of electrolyte: Experimental study and DFT calculations. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2022.109472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Orona-Navar A, Aguilar-Hernández I, Nigam KDP, Cerdán-Pasarán A, Ornelas-Soto N. Alternative sources of natural pigments for dye-sensitized solar cells: Algae, cyanobacteria, bacteria, archaea and fungi. J Biotechnol 2021; 332:29-53. [PMID: 33771626 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Dye-sensitized solar cells have been of great interest in photovoltaic technology due to their capacity to convert energy at a low cost. The use of natural pigments means replacing expensive chemical synthesis processes by easily extractable pigments that are non-toxic and environmentally friendly. Although most of the pigments used for this purpose are obtained from higher plants, there are potential alternative sources that have been underexploited and have shown encouraging results, since pigments can also be obtained from organisms like bacteria, cyanobacteria, microalgae, yeast, and molds, which have the potential of being cultivated in bioreactors or optimized by biotechnological processes. The aforementioned organisms are sources of diverse sensitizers like photosynthetic pigments, accessory pigments, and secondary metabolites such as chlorophylls, bacteriochlorophylls, carotenoids, and phycobiliproteins. Moreover, retinal proteins, photosystems, and reaction centers from these organisms can also act as sensitizers. In this review, the use of natural sensitizers extracted from algae, cyanobacteria, bacteria, archaea, and fungi is assessed. The reported photoconversion efficiencies vary from 0.001 % to 4.6 % for sensitizers extracted from algae and microalgae, 0.004 to 1.67 % for bacterial sensitizers, 0.07-0.23 % for cyanobacteria, 0.09 to 0.049 % for archaea and 0.26-2.3 % for pigments from fungi.
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- A Orona-Navar
- Laboratorio de Nanotecnología Ambiental, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L., C.P. 64849, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Nanotecnología Ambiental, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L., C.P. 64849, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Nanotecnología Ambiental, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L., C.P. 64849, Mexico; Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, C.P. 66455, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Nanotecnología Ambiental, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, N.L., C.P. 64849, Mexico.
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