Issue 45, 2019

Self energy and excitonic effect in (un)doped TiO2 anatase: a comparative study of hybrid DFT, GW and BSE to explore optical properties

Abstract

TiO2 anatase has significant importance in energy and environmental research. However, the major drawback of this immensely popular semi-conductor is its large bandgap of 3.2 eV. Several non-metals have been doped experimentally for extending the TiO2 photo-absorption to the visible region. Providing in-depth theoretical guidance to the experimentalists to understand the optical properties of the doped system is therefore extremely important. We report here using a state-of-the-art hybrid density functional approach and many body perturbation theory (within the framework of GW and BSE) the optical properties of p-type (S and Se doped) and n-type (N and C doped) TiO2 anatase. The anisotropy present in non-metal doped TiO2 plays a significant role in the optical spectra. The p-type dopants are optically active only for light polarized along the xy direction, whereas the n-type dopants are optically active when light is polarized along the xy and z directions in the low energy region. We find that dopants give rise to new absorption peaks at low energy below 3 eV (i.e. the visible spectral region). This helps to improve the opto-electronic and solar absorption properties. All the calculations are well validated with respect to the available experimental observations on pristine TiO2 anatase.

Graphical abstract: Self energy and excitonic effect in (un)doped TiO2 anatase: a comparative study of hybrid DFT, GW and BSE to explore optical properties

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Sep 2019
Accepted
14 Oct 2019
First published
18 Oct 2019

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 14284-14293

Self energy and excitonic effect in (un)doped TiO2 anatase: a comparative study of hybrid DFT, GW and BSE to explore optical properties

P. Basera, S. Saini and S. Bhattacharya, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 14284 DOI: 10.1039/C9TC05002G

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