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Alkali (Li, K and Na) and alkali-earth (Be, Ca and Mg) adatoms on SiC single layer

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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 435, Issue -, Pages 338-345

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ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.11.068

Keywords

SiC layer; Metal-doped; HER; OER

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  1. Brazilian agency CNPq
  2. Brazilian agency CAPES
  3. Brazilian agency FAPERGS

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First-principles calculations within the density functional theory (DFT) have been addressed to study the energetic stability, and electronic properties of alkali and alkali-earth atoms adsorbed on a silicon carbide (SiC) single layer. We observe that all atoms are most stable (higher binding energy) on the top of a Si atom, which moves out of the plane (in the opposite direction to the adsorbed atom). Alkali atoms adsorbed give raise to two spin unpaired electronic levels inside the band gap leading the SiC single layer to exhibit n-type semiconductor properties. For alkaline atoms adsorbed there is a deep occupied spin paired electronic level inside the band gap. These finding suggest that the adsorption of alkaline and alkali-earth atoms on SiC layer is a powerful feature to functionalize two dimensional SiC structures, which can be used to produce new electronic, magnetic and optical devices as well for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reaction (HER and OER, respectively). Furthermore, we observe that the adsorption of H-2 is ruled by dispersive forces (van der Waals interactions) while the O-2 molecule is strongly adsorbed on the functionalized system. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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