• 文献标题:   Density Functional Theory Study of Atomic Layer Deposition of Zinc Oxide on Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ALI AA, HASHIM AM
  • 作者关键词:   density functional theory, graphene oxide, atomic layer deposition, zinc oxide, acetylacetonate, nanostructure
  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1931-7573 EI 1556-276X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Teknol Malaysia
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1186/s11671-015-1008-y
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

The dissociation of zinc ions (Zn2+) from vapor-phase zinc acetylacetonate, Zn(C5H7O2)(2), or Zn(acac)(2) and its adsorption onto graphene oxide via atomic layer deposition (ALD) were studied using a quantum mechanics approach. Density functional theory (DFT) was used to obtain an approximate solution to the Schrodinger equation. The graphene oxide cluster model was used to represent the surface of the graphene film after pre-oxidation. In this study, the geometries of reactants, transition states, and products were optimized using the B3LYB/6-31G** level of theory or higher. Furthermore, the relative energies of the various intermediates and products in the gas-phase radical mechanism were calculated at the B3LYP/6-311++G** and MP2/6-311 + G(2df,2p) levels of theory. Additionally, a molecular orbital (MO) analysis was performed for the products of the decomposition of the Zn(acac)(2) complex to investigate the dissociation of Zn2+ and the subsequent adsorption of H atoms on the C5H7O2 cluster to form acetylacetonate enol. The reaction energies were calculated, and the reaction mechanism was accordingly proposed. A simulation of infrared (IR) properties was performed using the same approach to support the proposed mechanism via a complete explanation of bond forming and breaking during each reaction step.