scholarly journals Ab-Initio Study of Magnetically Intercalated Platinum Diselenide: The Impact of Platinum Vacancies

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4167
Author(s):  
Peter D. Reyntjens ◽  
Sabyasachi Tiwari ◽  
Maarten L. Van de Put ◽  
Bart Sorée ◽  
William G. Vandenberghe

We study the magnetic properties of platinum diselenide (PtSe2) intercalated with Ti, V, Cr, and Mn, using first-principle density functional theory (DFT) calculations and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. First, we present the equilibrium position of intercalants in PtSe2 obtained from the DFT calculations. Next, we present the magnetic groundstates for each of the intercalants in PtSe2 along with their critical temperature. We show that Ti intercalants result in an in-plane AFM and out-of-plane FM groundstate, whereas Mn intercalant results in in-plane FM and out-of-plane AFM. V intercalants result in an FM groundstate both in the in-plane and the out-of-plane direction, whereas Cr results in an AFM groundstate both in the in-plane and the out-of-plane direction. We find a critical temperature of <0.01 K, 111 K, 133 K, and 68 K for Ti, V, Cr, and Mn intercalants at a 7.5% intercalation, respectively. In the presence of Pt vacancies, we obtain critical temperatures of 63 K, 32 K, 221 K, and 45 K for Ti, V, Cr, and Mn-intercalated PtSe2, respectively. We show that Pt vacancies can change the magnetic groundstate as well as the critical temperature of intercalated PtSe2, suggesting that the magnetic groundstate in intercalated PtSe2 can be controlled via defect engineering.

Author(s):  
Li-Ren Ng ◽  
Guan-Fu Chen ◽  
Shi-Hsin Lin

We calculated the piezoelectric properties of asymmetrically defected MoS2 with density functional theory. By creating uneven numbers of defects on the either sides of two-dimensional MoS2, the out-of-plane centrosym- metry...


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 8388-8399 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Moradi ◽  
M. Darvish Ganji ◽  
Y. Sarrafi

Reactive molecular dynamic (MD) simulations and first-principle density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to investigate the performance of SWCNT-based, sub-nanometer porous membranes for phenol remediation from wastewater.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (25n26) ◽  
pp. 1542027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Jiang ◽  
Huimin Yuan ◽  
Wanfeng Xie ◽  
Zhiyong Pang ◽  
Shenghao Han

The magnetic properties of bis(8-hydroxyquinoline)copper ([Formula: see text]) were investigated by experiments and first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The as-prepared [Formula: see text] film shows paramagnetic behavior. After annealing in air, room temperature ferromagnetic (FM) properties were found in [Formula: see text] film. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis indicates a new vibrational mode related to out of plane O–H bend in the annealed film. DFT calculations show that the energy difference between the FM and the antiferromagnetic (AFM) states is greatly increased after O doping, which may be responsible for the room temperature ferromagnetism in the annealed [Formula: see text] film.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinpeng Zhao ◽  
Zhimin Zhou ◽  
hu luo ◽  
Yanfei Zhang ◽  
Wang Liu ◽  
...  

Combined experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations provided insights into the role of the environment-friendly γ-valerolactone (GVL) as a solvent in the hydrothermal conversion of glucose into lactic acid...


Author(s):  
Hanlin Gan ◽  
Liang Peng ◽  
Feng Long Gu

The mechanism of the Cu(i)-catalyzed domino reaction furnishing 1-aryl-1,2,3-triazole assisted by CuI and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) is explored with density functional theory (DFT) calculations.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 2045
Author(s):  
Mirosław Kwiatkowski ◽  
Elżbieta Broniek ◽  
Vanessa Fierro ◽  
Alain Celzard

This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the impact of the amount of potassium hydroxide on the obtained porous structure of the activated carbons derived from the shells of pistachios, hazelnuts, and pecans by carbonization and subsequent chemical activation with potassium hydroxide by different adsorption methods: Brunauer–Emmett–Teller, Dubinin–Raduskevich, the new numerical clustering-based adsorption analysis, Quenched Solid Density Functional Theory, and 2D-Non-linear Density Functional Theory for Heterogeneous Surfaces, applied to nitrogen adsorption isotherms at −196 °C. Based on the conducted research, a significant potential for the production of activated carbons from waste materials, such as nut shells, has been demonstrated. All the activated carbons obtained in the present study at the activator/char mass ratio R = 4 exhibited the most developed porous structure, and thus very good adsorption properties. However, activated carbons obtained from pecan shells deserve special attention, as they were characterized by the most homogeneous surface among all the samples analyzed, i.e., by a very desirable feature in most adsorption processes. The paper demonstrates the necessity of using different methods to analyze the porous structure of activated carbons in order to obtain a complete picture of the studied texture. This is because only a full spectrum of information allows for correctly selecting the appropriate technology and conditions for the production of activated carbons dedicated to specific industrial applications. As shown in this work, relying only on the simplest methods of adsorption isotherm analysis can lead to erroneous conclusions due to lack of complete information on the analyzed porous structure. This work thus also explains how and why the usual characterizations of the porous structure of activated carbons derived from lignocellulosic biomass should not be taken at face value. On the contrary, it is advisable to cross reference several models to get a precise idea of the adsorbent properties of these materials, and therefore to propose the most suitable production technology, as well as the conditions of the preparation process.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3496
Author(s):  
Dmitry A. Kolosov ◽  
Olga E. Glukhova

In this work, using the first-principle density functional theory (DFT) method, we study the properties of a new material based on pillared graphene and the icosahedral clusters of boron B12 as a supercapacitor electrode material. The new composite material demonstrates a high specific quantum capacitance, specific charge density, and a negative value of heat of formation, which indicates its efficiency. It is shown that the density of electronic states increases during the addition of clusters, which predictably leads to an increase in the electrode conductivity. We predict that the use of a composite based on pillared graphene and boron will increase the efficiency of existing supercapacitors.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
pp. 5057-5069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-ung Lee ◽  
Yeonjoon Kim ◽  
Woo Youn Kim ◽  
Han Bin Oh

A new approach for elucidating gas-phase fragmentation mechanisms is proposed: graph theory-based reaction pathway searches (ACE-Reaction program) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 3227-3241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnamoorthy Arumugam ◽  
Neil A. Burton

Of particular interest within the +6 uranium complexes is the linear uranyl(vi) cation and it forms numerous coordination complexes in solution and exhibits incongruent redox behavior depending on coordinating ligands. This DFT study predicts VI/V reduction potentials of a range of uranyl(vi) complexes in non-aqueous solutions within ∼0.10−0.20 eV of experiment.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Shimada ◽  
Koichiro Minaguro ◽  
Tao Xu ◽  
Jie Wang ◽  
Takayuki Kitamura

Beyond a ferroelectric critical thickness of several nanometers existed in conventional ferroelectric perovskite oxides, ferroelectricity in ultimately thin dimensions was recently discovered in SnTe monolayers. This discovery suggests the possibility that SnTe can sustain ferroelectricity during further low-dimensional miniaturization. Here, we investigate a ferroelectric critical size of low-dimensional SnTe nanostructures such as nanoribbons (1D) and nanoflakes (0D) using first-principle density-functional theory calculations. We demonstrate that the smallest (one-unit-cell width) SnTe nanoribbon can sustain ferroelectricity and there is no ferroelectric critical size in the SnTe nanoribbons. On the other hand, the SnTe nanoflakes form a vortex of polarization and lose their toroidal ferroelectricity below the surface area of 4 × 4 unit cells (about 25 Å on one side). We also reveal the atomic and electronic mechanism of the absence or presence of critical size in SnTe low-dimensional nanostructures. Our result provides an insight into intrinsic ferroelectric critical size for low-dimensional chalcogenide layered materials.


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