• 文献标题:   Edge Chemistry of Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons Containing Sulfur Functional Groups: Towards an Understanding of the Spin-Dependent Electrochemistry
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LOPEZURIAS F, FAJARDODIAZ JL, CORTESLOPEZ AJ, RODRIGUEZCORVERA CL, JIMENEZRAMIREZ LE, MUNOZSANDOVAL E
  • 作者关键词:   carbon, doping, nitrogen, spindependent electrochemistry, sulfur
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED THEORY SIMULATIONS
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  • 通讯作者地址:   IPICYT
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/adts.201900219 EA JAN 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Numerous sulfur functional groups (35) attached to the edges of armchair graphene nanoribbons are investigated through the use of quantum mechanical calculations. Results for the band structure, formation energy, charge transfer, total hydrophilicity index, and electronic bandgaps are shown. The thiophene-like functional group proved to be the most energetically stable, followed by the pyrrolic-N-sulfide. Typically, the sulfurized functional groups pulled out electrons from the ribbon, promoting p-type doping. Ferromagnetic semiconducting behavior is found in thioketone, pyrrolic-N-sulfide, thiopyran-like dioxide, and N-thionyl aniline functional groups. Results for the valence band maximum and conduction band minimum energies demonstrate that thiopyran-like dioxide is energetically favorable to remove spin-down electrons, whereas thioketone is energetically favorable to catch spin-down electrons. This fact gives insight into future spin-dependent electrochemistry studies on functionalized graphite materials. Results for lithium adsorption demonstrate that the donated charge by lithium and interatomic distance between Li and the functional groups are strongly dependent on the nature of the functional group.