Journal of Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology (JONSAT)
In cooperation with the Iranian Nuclear Society

Investigating the effect of titanium atom doping on C3N monolayer

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

E. Cholaki
B. Arghavani Nia
S. Rezaee
S. Parsamehr

Department of Physics, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah - Iran

https://doi.org/10.24200/nst.2024.1568.2018
Abstract
This article investigates the structural, electronic, optical, and thermoelectric properties of a titanium atom doped into a C3N monolayer using the Wien2K computational code and first principles calculations within the density functional theory framework. The study of electronic properties reveals metallic behavior in this two-dimensional structure. Optical properties demonstrate optical anisotropy in both the x and z directions. Analysis of the thermoelectric properties of the C3N@Ti single layer using the semi-classical Boltzmann theory indicates that this layer not only possesses a low Seebeck coefficient but also exhibits very small thermoelectric efficiency, limiting its thermoelectric application.

Highlights

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H 2 O 2 production. Materials Advances. 2023;22.

 

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Keywords

C3N monolayer
Anisotropy
Sibeck coefficient
Optical properties
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  1. Miró P, Marth A, Thomas H. An atlas oftwo-dimensional materials. Chemical Society Reviews. 2014;43.

 

  1. Behzad S. Calculation of band structure, dielectric function and electron energy lossspectrum of bilayer h-BN under biaxial strain. Journal of Research on Many-body Systems. 2019;9.

 

  1. Geim A.K, Grigorieva I.V. Van der Waals heterostructures. Nature. 2013;499.

 

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  1. Eshkalak K.E, Sadeghzadeh S, Molaei F. Interfacial Thermal Resistance Mechanism for the Polyaniline(C3N)–Graphene Heterostructure. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2020;124.

 

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  1. Molaei F, Eshkalak K.E, Sadeghzadeh S, Siavoshi H. Assessing mechanical properties of single-layer B-doped C3N and N-doped BC3 nanosheets and their hybrid. Computational Materials Science. 2021;192.

 

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  1. Panigrahi P, Sajjad M, Singh D, Hussain T, Larsson J.A, Ahuja R, Singh N. Two-dimensional Nitrogenated Holey Graphene (C2N) monolayer based glucose sensor for diabetes Mellitus. Applied Surface Science. 2022;573.

 

  1. Kim J, Kim H, Kim J, Bae H, Singh A, Hussain T, Lee H. Calcium-Decorated Polygon-Graphenes for Hydrogen Storage. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2023;6.

 

  1. Niu X, Zhang X, Shi A, Sun D, Guan R, Shan W, Chi F, Li Sh, Wang B, Zhang X. The regulating effect of twisted angle on the photocatalytic overall water splitting for C3N/C3B heterojunction. Applied Physics Letters. 2023;122.

 

  1. Yu F, Yu Z, Xu Z, Xiong J, Fan Q, Feng X, Tao Y, Hua J, Luo F. Heteroatom engineering of polymeric carbon nitride heterojunctions for boosting photocatalytic reduction of hexavalent uranium. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 2020;4.

 

  1. Huang L, Zhou D, Yuan J, Li C, Hong D. Influences of different temperatures on the mechanical properties and wear resistance against Ti6Al4V of Ti doped diamond-like carbon deposited on cemented carbide. Vacuum. 2021;189.‏

 

  1. Wang T, Xin J, Li Z, Fan Y, Wang Y. Application of single-atom Ti-doped gC 3 N 4 in photocatalytic

H 2 O 2 production. Materials Advances. 2023;22.

 

  1. Schwarz K, Blaha P, Madsen G.K.H. Electronic structure calculations of solids using the WIEN2k package for material sciences. Computer physics communications. 2002;147.

 

  1. Agrawal S, Kaushal G, Srivastava A. Electron transport in C3N monolayer: DFT analysis of volatile organic compound sensing. Chemical Physics Letters. 2021;762.

 

  1. Wang X, Li Q, Wang H, Gao Y, Hou J, Shao J. Anisotropic carrier mobility in single-and bi-layer C3N sheets. Physica B: Condensed Matter. 2018;537.

 

  1. Babar V, Sharma S, Schwingenschlögl U. Highly sensitive sensing of NO and NO2 gases by monolayer C3N. Advanced Theory and Simulations. 2018;1.

 

  1. Vanithakumari S.C, Nanda K.K. A universal relation for the cohesive energy of nanoparticles. Physics Letters A. 2008;372.

 

  1. Gao Y, Wang H, Sun M, Ding Y, Zhang L, Li Q, Zhang J. First-principles study of phononic thermal transport in monolayer C3N: a comparison with graphene. arXiv: Materials Science. 2017;107.

 

  1. Diakite Y.I, Traore S.D, Malozovsky Y, Khamala B, Franklin L, Bagayoko D. Accurate Electronic, Transport, and Bulk Properties of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs). arXiv preprint arXiv. 2016;4.

 

  1. Hazarika R, Kalita B. Site selective behaviour of B, C and N doping in MgO monolayers towards spintronic and optoelectronic applications. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 2023;162.

 

  1. Anjami A, Boochani A, Elahi S.M, Akbari H. Ab-initio study of mechanical, half-metallic and optical properties of Mn2ZrX (X= Ge, Si) compounds. Results in physics. 2017;7.

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