期刊
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
卷 589, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.152997
关键词
2D Janus Aluminum Oxysulfide; Optical absorption; Photocatalytic activity; HER; External electric field; Bi-axial strain; Density functional theory
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资金
- Swedish Research Council [VR-2016-06014, VR2020-04410]
- J. Gust. Richert stiftelse, Sweden [2021-00665]
- PPR2 Project, Morocco (MESRSF-CNRST)
- [2020/1-40]
- [2021/1-42]
This study proposes the potential application of two-dimensional Janus aluminum oxysulfide (Al2OS) as an efficient photocatalyst material for solar light-driven water dissociation. The Janus Al2OS exhibits desirable bandgap and strong visible light absorption, making it suitable for hydrogen production. The calculated Gibbs free-energy and reaction coordinate indicate that Janus Al2OS fulfills the fundamental requirements for an efficient photocatalyst under visible light, providing new guidance for hydrogen production via water splitting.
Hydrogen production via solar light-driven water dissociation has been regarded as an artificial and effective process to overcome the environmental problem as well as solving the current energy crisis. In this regard, numerous works have mainly been devoted to developing the appropriate photocatalyst which satisfies the conditions for water splitting and understanding the photocatalysis process. In this study, we propose for the first time the potential application of the two-dimensional Janus aluminum oxysulfide Al2OS as an efficient photocatalyst material for hydrogen-production H-2 through the first-principles calculations. Janus Al2OS monolayer has been designed from the parental binary aluminum sulfide AlS by substituting one sub-layer of sulfide atoms (S) to oxygen atoms (O). The electronic properties of the pristine AlS and the derived Janus Al2OS were computed using GGA-PBE and HSE06 functionals. According to the band structure, AlS monolayer shows a semiconductor behavior with an indirect bandgap of 2.14 eV whereas, the Janus Al2OS exhibits a direct bandgap of 1.579 eV. Motivated by the desirable bandgap of the Janus Al2OS, the absorption-coefficient of Janus Al2OS shows strong visible light harvesting compared to the parental AlS. Furthermore, the photocatalytic performance of Al2OS has been investigated. Our calculations demonstrate that the band edge position of Al2OS is suitable for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). More importantly, based on the reaction coordinate, it was found that the Gibbs free-energy Delta G(H*) of Al2OS is 0.97 eV which is smaller than of the two-dimensional Janus Ga2XY (X, Y = S, Se, Te with X not equal Y) reported recently. Moreover, this value decreases from 0.97 eV to 0.69 eV under 0.5 V/angstrom of an external electrical field. Our results indicate that Janus Al2OS fulfills the fundamental requirements for efficient photo-catalyst under visible light and provides new guidance for hydrogen-production via water splitting.
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