卤素驱动石墨二炔带隙的打开以实现光催化全解水

本文通过杂化密度泛函理论研究了卤素(F、Cl和Br)功能化的石墨二炔的能带结构. 结果表明修饰的石墨二炔的带隙能随着卤素原子对的增加而增加；同时，价带顶的位置受卤素原子电负性大小的影响：当石墨二炔表面的卤素原子数目相同时，卤素原子的电负性越大，改性后石墨二炔的价带顶的位置越深. 另外，计算结果表明石墨二炔的带隙可以通过不同卤素原子的适当混合修饰来有效调节，不同卤素原子混合修饰的石墨二炔的价带底和导带顶跨越了水的氧化还原电位. 通过热力学分析进一步证明，不同卤素原子混合修饰的石墨二炔比单一卤素修饰的石墨二炔表现出更好的光催化水全解反应活性. 这项工作对于如何设计更高效的全解水光催化剂提供了洞见.

Halogen-Driven Bandgap Opening in Graphdiyne for Overall Photocatalytic Water Splitting

In this work, we studied the electronic band structure of the halogen (F, Cl, and Br) functionalized graphdiynes (GDYs) by using hybrid density functional theory. The results revealed that the bandgap energies of modified GDYs increase as the number of halogen atoms increases. It is also found that the position of the valence band maximum (VBM) is influenced by the electronegativity of halogen atoms. The higher the electronegativity, the deeper the VBM of the GDYs modified by the same number of halogen atoms. Importantly, our results revealed that the bandgap of GDY could be effectively tuned by mixing types of halogen atoms. The new generated conduction band and valence band edges are properly aligned with the oxidation and reduction potentials of water. Further thermodynamic analysis confirms that some models with mixing types of halogen atoms exhibit higher performance of overall photocatalytic water splitting than non-mixing models. This work provides useful insights for designing efficient photocatalysts that can be used for overall water splitting.