Electronic and optical properties of a novel two-dimensional semiconductor material TlPt2S3: a first-principles study. Issue 13 (17th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yang, Xin; Shen, Yanqing; Liu, Jiajia; Meng, Xianghui; Gao, Xu; Lv, Lingling; Zhou, Min; Zhang, Yu; Zheng, Yangdong; Zhou, Zhongxiang
• Is Part Of: Physical chemistry chemical physics. Volume 24:Issue 13(2022)
• Page Start: 7642
• Page End: 7652
• Publication Date: 2022-03-17
• Subjects: Chemistry, Physical and theoretical -- Periodicals; 541.3
• DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05918a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1463-9076

Abstract

Abstract : A novel two-dimensional semiconductor material TlPt2 S3 for photocatalysis. Abstract : Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted widespread attention due to their unique physical and chemical properties. Here, by using density functional theory calculations, we suggest a novel 2D TlPt2 S3 material whose layered bulk counterpart was synthesized in 1973. Theoretical calculation results indicate that the exfoliating energy of monolayer and bilayer TlPt2 S3 is 34.96 meV Å −2 and 36.03 meV Å −2 . We systematically studied the electronic and optical properties of monolayer and bilayer TlPt2 S3, and revealed that they are indirect band gap semiconductors with band gaps of 2.26 eV and 2.10 eV, respectively. Monolayer and bilayer TlPt2 S3 exhibit superior carrier mobility (901.63 cm 2 V −1 s −1 and 13635.04 cm 2 V −1 s −1 for electron mobility of the monolayer and bilayer, respectively) and photocatalytic performance (as high as 1 × 10 5 light absorption coefficient in the visible light region). Interestingly, we find that monolayer TlPt2 S3 has significant hydrogen evolution performance, while in the bilayer, the electron band distribution shows complete oxygen evolution ability, which indicates that the proposed monolayer and bilayer TlPt2 S3 are potential novel 2D materials suitable for photocatalytic water splitting driven by visible light.