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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
卷 45, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/6/065305
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20906081, 21176221, 21101137]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [R4110345]
- New Century Excellent Talents in University Program [NCET-10-0979]
Finding an effective strategy for detecting SO2 gas is very important in order to solve the problem of pollution of SO2. Based on the first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we herein explore the possibility of using (5, 5) silicon carbide nanotubes (SiCNTs) with an external electric field (EF) as a potential gas sensor for SO2 detection. It is found that SO2 molecules can be chemisorbed to the Si-C bonds of SiCNTs and can generate a different charge distribution under the EF, resulting in the breaking of some S-C bonds. It is these broken S-C bonds that induce a decrease in the band gap. Furthermore, with the concentration of SO2 exceeding 20%, the band gap of SiCNT under an EF of 9.00 V nm(-1) would be reduced from 1.75 eV for SiCNT to zero, indicating the transformation from a semiconductor to a conductor. Hence, with an appropriate EF, SiCNTs can effectively respond to SO2 and serve as sensors for detecting SO2 gas.
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