• 文献标题:   Tunable Electric and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal@NxCy-Graphene Materials by Different Metal and Defect Types
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG FX, LIU HX, TAO FR, WANG XJ, CAO XR, HU W
  • 作者关键词:   nano material, physical chemistry, theoretical simulation
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMISTRYAN ASIAN JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   1861-4728 EI 1861-471X
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1002/asia.202100752 EA SEP 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Transition metal@NxCy-graphene (TM@NxCy-GR) materials have been widely used as redox reaction catalysts in the field of fuel cells due to their low cost and high performance. In the present work, we systematically investigate the effect of different metal and defect types on the electro-magnetic properties of TM@NxCy-GR materials using first principles calculations. Our simulations show that TM@N-3-GR (the minimum defect size) and TM@N-7-GR (the maximum defect size) materials always possess metallic property regardless the metal type. However, doping different TM can regulate the medium defects (TM@N2C2-GR-I and TM@N2C2-GR-II) among metallicity, half-metallicity and semi-conductivity. In addition, we found that different TM and defect type largely affects the magnetic moment. The spin density and projected density of state calculations show that the net charges of the defect structure are mainly located near the hole, and the magnetic regulation comes from the coupling of TM-d orbital with carbon (nitrogen)-s(p) orbitals. The present study provides abundant valuable information for the TM@NxCy-GR materials designs and applicants in the future.