• 文献标题:   Structural and Electronic Properties of the Graphene-Like Carbon Nitride Nanosheets
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ANOTA EC, COCOLETZI HH, CASTRO M
  • 作者关键词:   cluster cnhm, carbon nitride, armchair edge, zigzag edge, dft theory
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL THEORETICAL NANOSCIENCE
  • ISSN:   1546-1955 EI 1546-1963
  • 通讯作者地址:   Benemerita Univ Autenoma Puebla
  • 被引频次:   17
  • DOI:   10.1166/jctn.2013.3244
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) within the Local Density Approximation (LDA-PWC) and Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA-PBE) we analyzed the structural and electronic properties for the two-dimensional carbon nitride compound, which was modeled by a finite CnNmHk system. This cluster is amenable for the study of the effects of the geometry on the local electronic properties of the carbon nitride sheets. There were considered circular (armchair edge), triangular (zig-zag edge) and rectangular (zig-zag edge) cluster models. The obtainment of non-complex frequencies was used as criteria for structural stability of the optimized geometries. The circular sheet is the unique stable structure with non-planar optimized geometry. The results for the electronic structure show high polarity (4.15 D) for the carbon nitride sheet (neutrally charged), which is a different behavior as those observed for the carbon and boron nitride counterparts. The HOMO-LUMO energy gap, 1.16 eV, indicates a semiconductor behavior for the carbon nitride compounds. For the stable nanosheet an increase on the chemical reactivity in the case of cation charge (+1) is observed.