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The discovery of novel properties in twisted bilayer graphene has opened up new avenues of research in physics and materials science, making the twistronics a new research hotspot. In this paper, based on two-dimensional tin-based materials and antimonene monolayers, six types of Sb/SnC two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures (vdWH) with different interlayer twist angles are constructed, and their optoelectronic properties and applications are studied by first-principles calculations. All modeling and calculations are performed using the density functional theory (DFT) software Quantum-ATK. The results show that the Sb/SnC vdWHs with six different interlayer twist angles have various band gaps, and when the interlayer twist angles are 10.89°, 19.11°, 23.41°, and 30°, the Sb/SnC vdWH exhibit a type-I band edge alignment, while at 8.95° and 13.59°, they present a type-II band structure. The results of the orbital-projected band structures of the Sb/SnC vdWHs reveal that the variation in interlayer twist angles changes the atomic stacking in the heterostructures, thereby modifying orbital coupling and further tuning the electronic structure of the heterostructures. Additionally, the calculated absorption spectra indicate that comparing individual Sb and SnC monolayers with Sb/SnC vdWHs, the latter’s absorption coefficient r is significantly enhanced in the visible light region, and the optical absorption characteristics of the heterostructures with different interlayer twist angles vary markedly. In terms of applications, as materials for solar cells, the Sb/SnC vdWHs with interlayer twist angles of 8.95° and 13.59° exhibit photovoltaic conversion efficiencies of 17.48% and 18.59%, respectively; as photocatalysts for the complete water splitting, the Sb/SnC vdWH with an interlayer twist angle of 8.95° can catalytically decompose water across a pH range of 0–2, while a twist angle of 13.59° confines its catalytic activity to a pH value between 0 and 1. Therefore, Sb/SnC van der Waals heterostructures have special rotation angles and have multifunctional application prospects in the fields of solar energy and photocatalysis. More importantly, our research demonstrates that in addition to traditional methods such as strain, doping, and defects, adjusting the interlayer twist angle provides a new degree of freedom for manipulating the optoelectronic properties of materials.
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Keywords:
- van der Waals heterojunction /
- first principles /
- photoelectric characteristics /
- interlayer rotation angle
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图 6 Sb, SnC及Sb/SnC异质结的价带顶和导带底的电位. 绿色(紫色)实线和虚线分别表示pH为0(2)时, 水分解的标准氧化电位和还原电位
Figure 6. Potential of valence band maximum and conduction band minimum of Sb, SnC, and Sb/SnC vdWH. The green (purple) solid line and dashed line represent the standard oxidation potential and reduction potential of water decomposition at a pH of 0(2), respectively.
表 1 六种层间转角的Sb/SnC异质结的结构信息
Table 1. Structure information of Sb/SnC vdWH with six interlayer rotation angles.
旋转角 8.95° 10.89° 13.59° 19.11° 23.41° 30° Sb超胞 $ 5\times 5 $ $ 4\times 4 $ $ \sqrt{13}\times \sqrt{13} $ $ \sqrt{7}\times \sqrt{7} $ $ \sqrt{19}\times \sqrt{19} $ $ \sqrt{3}\times \sqrt{3} $ SnC超胞 $ \sqrt{31}\times \sqrt{31} $ $ \sqrt{21}\times \sqrt{21} $ $ 4\times 4 $ $ 3\times 3 $ $ 5\times 5 $ $ 2\times 2 $ 原子数 112 74 58 32 88 14 应变 0.99% 0.91% 1.2% 0.23% 0.99% 1.4% 层间距/Å 3.2 3.26 3.46 3.41 3.31 3.38 Eb/meV –79.4 –80.6 –76.6 –80.0 –79.3 –80.2 表 2 多种二维范德瓦耳斯异质结的光电转换效率
Table 2. Power conversion efficiency of some 2D van der Waals heterostructures.
表 3 多种II型范德瓦耳斯异质结的带隙以及在红外和可见光区的吸收系数最大值
Table 3. Band gap and the maximum absorption coefficients in infrared and visible region of some type-II van der Waals heterostructures.
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[1] Cao Y, Fatemi V, Fang S A, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Kaxiras E, Jarillo-Herrero P 2018 Nature 556 43Google Scholar
[2] Carr S, Massatt D, Fang S A, Cazeaux P, Luskin M, Kaxiras E 2017 Phys. Rev. B 95 075420Google Scholar
[3] Carr S, Fang S A, Kaxiras E 2020 Nat. Rev. Mater. 5 748Google Scholar
[4] Cao Y, Fatemi V, Demir A, Fang S, Tomarken S L, Luo J Y, Sanchez-Yamagishi J D, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Kaxiras E, Ashoori R C, Jarillo-Herrero P 2018 Nature 556 80Google Scholar
[5] Ren Y N, Zhang Y, Liu Y W, He L 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 117303Google Scholar
[6] Choi Y, Kim H, Peng Y, Thomson A, Lewandowski C, Polski R, Zhang Y, Arora H S, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Alicea J, Nadj-Perge S 2021 Nature 589 536Google Scholar
[7] Koshino M 2019 Phys. Rev. B 99 235406Google Scholar
[8] Ninno G De, Wätzel J, Ribič P R, Allaria E, Coreno M, Danailov M B, David C, Demidovich A, Di Fraia M, Giannessi L, Hansen K, Krušič Š, Manfredda M, Meyer M, Mihelič A, Mirian N, Plekan O, Ressel B, Rösner B, Simoncig A, Spampinati S, Stupar M, Žitnik M, Zangrando M, Callegari C, Berakdar J 2020 Nat. Photon. 14 554Google Scholar
[9] Tebyetekerwa M, Truong T N, Yan W, Tang C, Wibowo A A, Bullock J, Du A, Yan C, Macdonald D, Nguyen H T 2022 Adv. Mat. Inter. 9 2201649Google Scholar
[10] Liu B Y, Zhang Y T, Qiao R X, Shi R C, Li Y H, Guo Q L, Li J D, Li X M, Wang L, Qi J J, Du S X, Ren X G, Liu K H, Gao P, Zhang Y Y 2023 Phys. Rev. Lett. 131 016201Google Scholar
[11] Foutty B A, Kometter C R, Devakul T, Reddy A P, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Fu L, Feldman B E 2024 Science 384 343Google Scholar
[12] Hidalgo F, Sánchez-Ochoa F, Noguez C 2023 npj 2D Mater. Appl. 7 40Google Scholar
[13] Fadaie M, Shahtahmassebi N, Roknabad M R, Gulseren O 2017 Comput. Mater. Sci. 137 208Google Scholar
[14] Dai Z N, Cao Y, Yin W J, Sheng W, Xu Y 2022 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55 315503Google Scholar
[15] Jiang X X, Gao Q, Xu X H, Xu G, Li D M, Cui B, Liu D S, Qu F Y 2021 Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23 21641Google Scholar
[16] Niu T C, Meng Q L, Zhou D C, Si N, Zhai S W, Hao X M, Zhou M, Fuchs H 2020 Adv. Mater. 32 1906873Google Scholar
[17] Sun S, Yang T, Luo Y Z, Gou J, Huang Y L, Gu C D, Ma Z R, Lian X, Duan S S, Wee A T S, Lai M, Zhang J L, Feng Y P, Chen W 2020 J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11 8976Google Scholar
[18] Zhang S L, Yan Z, Li Y F, Chen Z F, Zeng H B 2015 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 54 3112Google Scholar
[19] Singh D, Gupta S K, Sonvane Y, Lukačević I 2016 J. Mater. Chem. C 4 6386Google Scholar
[20] Shakil M, Rehman A, Nabi G, Tanveer M, Gillani S, Al-Buriahi M S, Tamam N, Alrowaili Z A 2023 Physica B: Condens. Matter 670 415389Google Scholar
[21] Zheng K, Cui H P, Yu J B, Chen X P 2022 IEEE T. Electron Dev. 69 1155Google Scholar
[22] Wang X, Quhe R, Cui W, Zhi Y, Huang Y, An Y, Dai X, Tang Y, Chen W, Wu Z, Tang W 2018 Carbon 129 738Google Scholar
[23] Smidstrup S, Markussen T, Vancraeyveld P, Wellendorff J, Schneider J, Gunst T, Verstichel B, Stradi D, Khomyakov P A, Vej-Hansen U G, Lee M E, Chill S T, Rasmussen F, Penazzi G, Corsetti F, Ojanperä A, Jensen K, Palsgaard M L N, Martinez U, Blom A, Brandbyge M, Stokbro K 2020 J. Phys. Condens. Matter 32 15901Google Scholar
[24] Perdew J P, Burke K, Ernzerhof M 1996 Phys. Rev. Lett. 77 3865Google Scholar
[25] Vydrov O A, Heyd J, Krukau A V, Scuseria G E 2006 J. Chem. Phys. 125 74106Google Scholar
[26] Grimme S 2006 J. Comput. Chem. 27 1787Google Scholar
[27] Chen H L, Han J N, Deng X Q, Fan Z Q, Sun L, Zhang Z H 2022 Appl. Surf. Sci. 598 153756Google Scholar
[28] Tan X Y, Liu L L, Ren D H 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 76102Google Scholar
[29] Jelver L, Larsen P M, Stradi D, Stokbro K, Jacobsen K W 2017 Phys. Rev. B 96 085306Google Scholar
[30] Deng S, Zhang Y, Li L 2019 Appl. Surf. Sci. 476 308Google Scholar
[31] Wang F F, Yuan J, Zhang Z F, Ding X L, Gu C J, Yan S B, Sun J H, Jiang T, Wu Y F, Zhou J 2023 Phys. Rev. B 108 075416Google Scholar
[32] Jiang X X, Xie W L, Xu X H, Gao Q, Li D M, Cui B, Liu D S, Qu F Y 2022 Nanoscale 14 7292Google Scholar
[33] Scharber M C, Mühlbacher D, Koppe M, Denk P, Waldauf C, Heeger A J, Brabec C J 2006 Adv. Mater. 18 789Google Scholar
[34] Mao Y L, Qin C Q, Wang J, Yuan J M 2022 Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 24 16058Google Scholar
[35] Ahammed R, Rawat A, Jena N, Dimple, Mohanta M K, Sarkar A D 2020 Appl. Surf. Sci. 499 143894Google Scholar
[36] Lv X S, Wei W, Mu C, Huang B B, Dai Y 2018 J. Mater. Chem. A 6 5032Google Scholar
[37] Lin P, Xu N S, Tan X L, Yang X H, Xiong R, Wen C L, Wu B, Lin Q L, Sa B S 2022 RSC Adv. 12 998Google Scholar
[38] Shi L, Xu W P, Qiu X, Xiao X L, Wei H R, Duan Y H, Wang R, Fan J, Wu X Z 2023 Appl. Phy. Lett. 123 131102Google Scholar
[39] Navarro Yerga Rufino M, Alvarez Galván M Consuelo, del Valle F, Villoria de la Mano José A, Fierro José L G 2009 Chem. Sus. Chem. 2 471Google Scholar
[40] Wang Y Q, Zhang R R, Li J B, Li L L, Lin S W 2014 Nanoscale Res. Lett. 9 46Google Scholar
[41] Chakrapani V, Angus J C, Anderson A B, Wolter S D, Stoner B R, Sumanasekera G U 2007 Science 318 1424Google Scholar
[42] Zhao Z, Yang C, Cao Z, Bian Y, Li B, Wei Y 2022 Spectrochim. Acta Part A. 278 121359Google Scholar
[43] Zhang W X, Hou J T, Bai M, He C, Wen J R 2023 Chin. Chem. Lett. 34 108270Google Scholar
[44] Luo Y, Ren K, Wang S K, Chou J P, Yu J, Sun Z M, Sun M L 2019 J. Phys. Chem. C 123 22742Google Scholar
[45] Sutter P, Ibragimova R, Komsa H P, Parkinson B A, Sutter E 2019 Nat. Commun. 10 5528Google Scholar
[46] Yuan L, Zheng B Y, Kunstmann J, Brumme T, Kuc A B, Ma C, Deng S B, Blach D, Pan A L, Huang L B 2020 Nat. Mater. 19 617Google Scholar
[47] Molaei M J, Younas M, Rezakazemi M 2022 Mater. Sci. Eng. B 285 115936Google Scholar
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