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Title: | Electronic structure of f-doped bulk rutile, anatase, and brookite polymorphs of TiO2 | Authors: | Tosoni, Sergio Lamiel-Garcia, Oriol Fernandez Hevia, Daniel Doña, José Miguel Illas, Francesc |
UNESCO Clasification: | 2307 Química física | Keywords: | TiO2 | Issue Date: | 2012 | Publisher: | 1932-7447 | Project: | Cascada-Cambiador de Tomas en Carga Para Redes de Distribución Activa de Energía Eléctrica. | Journal: | Journal of Physical Chemistry C | Abstract: | This work investigates the atomic and electronic structure of fluorine-doped (F-doped) rutile, anatase, and brookite polymorphs of TiO2. In a first step, we present a methodological analysis of the performance of several density functional schemes (GGA, GGA+U, and hybrid functionals) in reproducing experimental structures and band gap of rutile and anatase. The PBE+U functional appears to provide the best choice, and it is the one chosen to study suitable supercell models of F-doped bulk rutile, anatase, and brookite. We find that F-doping is thermodynamically stable for all polymorphs. In anatase, the Ti3+ gap states arising from doping are well located in the middle of the band gap which is convenient for photocatalysis purposes. However, in the case of rutile and brookite, F-doping does not lead to a remarkable reduction of the band gap. We present also results concerning F-doping on reduced titania and provide evidence that the presence of oxygen vacancies does not change significantly the electronic properties of F-substituted TiO2, albeit slightly stabilizing the resulting system. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/49939 | ISSN: | 1932-7447 | DOI: | 10.1021/jp301332a | Source: | Journal of Physical Chemistry C [ISSN 1932-7447], v. 116, p. 12738-12746 |
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