scholarly journals Study of Pb ion adsorption on (n, 0) CNTs (n=4, 5, 6)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 469-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Yun Zhao ◽  
Teng Wang

AbstractAbsorption of Pb ion on the (n, 0) carbon nanotube (CNT) (n=4, 5, 6) surface, pure and defected with single vacancy, is investigated based on density functional theory. Pristine (n, 0) CNTs can produce a certain degree of chemical adsorption of Pb ion. While a single vacancy is introduced, the adsorption ability of CNTs for Pb ion increases greatly, and the band gap changes significantly before and after adsorption. SV-(6, 0) CNTs have the strongest adsorption ability, and SV-(5, 0) CNTs are the potential material for the Pb ion detection sensor. It is expected that these could be helpful to the design of Pb filters and sensors.

2015 ◽  
Vol 242 ◽  
pp. 434-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasilii E. Gusakov

Within the framework of the density functional theory, the method was developed to calculate the band gap of semiconductors. We have evaluated the band gap for a number of monoatomic and diatomic semiconductors (Sn, Ge, Si, SiC, GaN, C, BN, AlN). The method gives the band gap of almost experimental accuracy. An important point is the fact that the developed method can be used to calculate both localized states (energy deep levels of defects in crystal), and electronic properties of nanostructures.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (29) ◽  
pp. 11498-11506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taehun Lee ◽  
Yonghyuk Lee ◽  
Woosun Jang ◽  
Aloysius Soon

Using first-principles density-functional theory calculations, we investigate the advantage of using h-WO3 (and its surfaces) over the larger band gap γ-WO3 phase for the anode in water splitting. We demonstrate that h-WO3 is a good alternative anode material for optimal water splitting efficiencies.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (43) ◽  
pp. 29068-29076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Te Chan ◽  
Ming-Kang Tsai

The CO2 reduction capabilities of transition-metal-chelated nitrogen-substituted carbon nanotube models (TM-4N2v-CNT, TM = Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pt or Cu) are characterized by density functional theory.


2004 ◽  
Vol 03 (04n05) ◽  
pp. 455-461
Author(s):  
YING DAI ◽  
ANYI LI ◽  
YING ZHANG ◽  
SHENGHAO HAN

Several Nitrogen (N)-hydrogen(H), N-dangling bond (DB) and N-single vacancy (V) complexes as the possible donor centers in diamond have been investigated using both supercell and cluster methods within the frame of density functional theory. We have found that the H—N—N—H complex exhibits shallower donor character than that of the N—H—N center discussed by Miyazaki et al.1 and it is one of the possible effective shallow donor centers in crystalline diamond. We conclude that the N—V related complex demonstrates a character of shallow donors and it should be one of the possible donor centers for the ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) films, which are responsible for the n-type high conductivity of these films.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (33) ◽  
pp. 22344-22354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajjad Ali ◽  
Tian Fu Liu ◽  
Zan Lian ◽  
Bo Li ◽  
Dang Sheng Su

The mechanism of CO oxidation by O2 on a single Au atom supported on pristine, mono atom vacancy (m), di atom vacancy (di) and the Stone Wales defect (SW) on single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) surface is systematically investigated theoretically using density functional theory.


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