Type-II 2D AgBr/SiH van der Waals heterostructures with tunable band edge positions and enhanced optical absorption coefficients for photocatalytic water splitting.

Yuehua Xu, Dongze Li, Qiang Zeng, He Sun, Pengfei Li

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Yuehua XuSchool of Microelectronics and Control Engineering, Changzhou University Changzhou 213164 Jiangsu China yhxu@cczu.edu.cn.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8776-3112

Dongze LiSchool of Microelectronics and Control Engineering, Changzhou University Changzhou 213164 Jiangsu China yhxu@cczu.edu.cn.

Qiang ZengSchool of Microelectronics and Control Engineering, Changzhou University Changzhou 213164 Jiangsu China yhxu@cczu.edu.cn.

He SunSchool of Microelectronics and Control Engineering, Changzhou University Changzhou 213164 Jiangsu China yhxu@cczu.edu.cn.

Pengfei LiKey Laboratory of Materials Physics and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei 230031 China.

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Utilizing two-dimensional (2D) heterostructures in photocatalysis can enhance optical ab-sorption and charge separation, thereby increasing solar energy conversion efficiency and tackling environmental issues. Density functional theory (DFT) was employed in this study to investigate the structural and optoelectronic properties of the AgBr/SiH van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures. All three configurations (A1, A2, and A3) were stable, with direct bandgaps of 1.83 eV, 0.99 eV, and 1.36 eV, respectively. The type-II band alignment in these structures enables electrons to be transferred from the SiH layer to the AgBr layer, and holes to move in the opposite direction. In the ultraviolet region, the optical absorption coefficients of the A1, A2, and A3 configurations are approximately 4.0 × 10

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PMID37731832

DOI10.1039/d3ra05079c

PMCPMC10507427

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