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Ahmad H, Rauf A, Muhammad S. Theoretical investigation of the optoelectronic response of highly correlated Cu 3P photocatalyst. RSC Adv 2022; 12:20721-20726. [PMID: 35919189 PMCID: PMC9295308 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra02472a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Photocatalytic materials attract immense scientific interest due to their possible applications in energy harvesting. These applications are strongly dependent on the material's band gap and efficient visible light absorption, which ultimately relies on the underlying electronic structure of the material. In this work, we have theoretically studied the electronic and optical response of a Cu3P semiconductor. We have used Density Functional Theory (DFT), and the Many-Body Perturbation Theory (MBPT) based Bethe–Salpeter Equation (BSE). Cu3P has intriguing band gap nature, as DFT predicts a semi-metallic state which was corrected by employing the Hubbard potentials. Only astronomically large values of Hubbard potentials reproduced the semiconducting state of Cu3P. The optical response of the material is computed within a Random Phase Approximation (RPA) and using the BSE on top of DFT+U wavefunctions and on the ground state computed with the PBE0 functional. The BSE captures the excitonic physics, and the optical absorption obtained from it was red-shifted compared to the RPA, which shows the significance of electron–hole interactions in Cu3P. The comparison of the BSE with experiments suggests that BSE@PBE0 reproduces the optical absorption much more closely to the experimental data. The optical absorption from BSE@PBE0 is in better agreement with the experiment than BSE@DFT+U. The electron–hole interaction and strong correlation between electrons play a vital role in the optoelectronic response of Cu3P.![]()
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Affiliation(s)
- Haseeb Ahmad
- Department of Physics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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Wang R, Zhang Y, Chen W, Tian Y, Song K, Li J, Wang G, Shi G. Degradation of formaldehyde aqueous solution by Bi based catalyst and its activity evaluation. RSC Adv 2022; 12:13052-13064. [PMID: 35520143 PMCID: PMC9053449 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra01435a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Bi based catalysts have attracted continuous attention from the scientific community because of their excellent photochemical properties and wide application in photocatalytic treatment of environmental pollution. A series of Bi based catalysts with good crystallinity and high purity were prepared by calcination and hydrothermal synthesis. In the application of degrading formaldehyde aqueous solution in a mercury lamp and xenon lamp atmosphere, it was found that BiVO4 and Bi2WO6 showed excellent photochemical properties under ultraviolet and visible light. The tests of PL, UV-Vis and EIS confirmed their high activity. In the calculation based on density functional theory (DFT), through the analysis of the energy band structure, density of states (DOS) and partial wave density of states (PDOS), it is found that the d orbital of V and W elements has a great influence on the position and size of the energy band of the catalyst, which makes it have high activity and excellent electrochemical properties. Bi based catalysts have attracted continuous attention from the scientific community because of their excellent photochemical properties and wide application in photocatalytic treatment of environmental pollution.![]()
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- Runquan Wang
- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730100, China
- Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730100, China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730100, China
- Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730100, China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730100, China
- Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730100, China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730100, China
- Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730100, China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730100, China
- Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730100, China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730100, China
- Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730100, China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730100, China
- Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730100, China
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- School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730100, China
- Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730100, China
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