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Title
The adsorption of sulfur trioxide and ozone molecules on stanene nanosheets investigated by DFT: Applications to gas sensor devices
Type of Research Article
Keywords
SO 3 ; Stanene sheet; DFT; O 3 ; charge density difference, Adsorption
Abstract
Recent findings shed light on performing fundamental experiments for preparation of metal monolayer stanene, which is a zero band gap semiconductor material with buckled honeycomb structure. Stanene possesses outstanding physical and mechanical properties, and has been extensively investigated in the field of nanoelectronic devices. We performed a theoretical study on the adsorption behaviors of O 3 and SO 3 molecules on two-dimensional stanene sheet in order to fully exploit the promising gas sensing capability of these materials. We examined the most stable structures of O 3 and SO 3 molecules adsorbed on the stanene, and examined the adsorption process in view of the energetics, charge transfers and electronic structure of the adsorption systems. The results indicate that the adsorption of gas molecules on the B-doped stanene is more favorable in energy than that on the pristine one, representing the superior sensing performance of B-doped system. Our charge analysis based on Mulliken charges reveals a charge transfer from the stanene sheet to the adsorbed O 3 and SO 3 molecules, as evidenced by charge accumulation on the adsorbed molecules. This indicates the gas molecules act as charge acceptors from the stanene sheet. The significant overlaps between the PDOS spectra of the interacting atoms indicate the formation of chemical bonds between these atoms. Our findings thus suggest that B-doped stanene could be a highly efficient gas sensor device for SO 3 and O 3 detection in the environment.
Researchers Amirali Abbasi (First Researcher)، Jaber Jahanbin Sardroodi (Second Researcher)