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:The adsorption behavior of sulfur-based toxic gases (H2S and SO2) on armchair silicene nanoribbons (ASiNRs) was investigated using first-principles density functional theory (DFT). Being a zero band gap material, application of bulk silicene is limited in nanoelectronics, despite its high carrier mobility. By restricting its dimensions into one dimension, construction of nanoribbons, and by introduction of a defect, its band gap can be tuned. Pristine armchair silicene nanoribbons (P-ASiNRs) have a very low sensitivity to gas molecules. Therefore, a defect was introduced by removal of one Si atom, leading to increased sensitivity. To deeply understand the impact of the aforementioned gases on silicene nanoribbons, electronic band structures, density of states, charge transfers, adsorption energies, electron densities, current-voltage characteristics and most stable adsorption configurations were calculated. H2S is dissociated completely into HS and H species when adsorbed onto defective armchair silicene nanoribbons (D-ASiNRs). Thus, D-ASiNR is a likely catalyst for dissociation of the H2S gas molecule. Conversely, upon SO2 adsorption, P-ASiNR acts as a suitable sensor, whereas D-ASiNR provides enhanced sensitivity compared with P-ASiNR. On the basis of these results, D-ASiNR can be expected to be a disposable sensor for SO2 detection as well as a catalyst for H2S reduction. Graphical abstract Comparison of I-V characteristics of pristine and defective armchair silicene nanoribbons with H2S and SO2 adsorbed on them.
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J Mol Modeljournal_title
Journal of molecular modelingauthors
Walia GK,Randhawa DKKdoi
10.1007/s00894-018-3631-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-03-16 00:00:00pages
94issue
4eissn
1610-2940issn
0948-5023pii
10.1007/s00894-018-3631-xjournal_volume
24pub_type
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