• 文献标题:   Introduction of nitrogen with controllable configuration into graphene via vacancies and edges
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG B, TSETSERIS L, PANTELIDES ST
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
  • ISSN:   2050-7488 EI 2050-7496
  • 通讯作者地址:   Vanderbilt Univ
  • 被引频次:   23
  • DOI:   10.1039/c3ta13610h
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Doping with nitrogen in controllable configurations is very valuable to tailor the properties of graphene. Here we report density-functional theory calculations of chemical reactions of ammonia, a widely used nitrogen source, at vacancies and edges of graphene, through which we explore strategies to achieve N-doped graphene with optimized properties. We show that at different defects, ammonia reacts to form nitrogen impurities in distinct configurations, i.e. graphitic-N at single vacancies, pyridinic- or pyrrolic-N at divacancies, pyrrolic-N at armchair edges, and N in a four-member ring at zigzag edges. Moreover, different nitrogen-related defect configurations introduce distinct changes in the electronic structure of graphene. By calculating the core level shift of C-1s electrons, we find configuration-dependent redistribution of electrons around the N-dopant. A discussion of how to achieve optimized doping and enhanced chemical reactivity in experiments is included.