BiOCl/group-IV Xene bilayer heterojunctions: stability and electronic and photocatalytic properties.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : PCCP
Jiating LuGang Xiang

Abstract

Vertical van der Waals heterojunctions (HJs) composed of a photocatalytic star material BiOCl monolayer and group-IV Xene monolayer (silicene, germanene etc.) were studied by using first-principles calculations. Formation energy analysis and molecular dynamics simulation show that the BiOCl/Xene bilayer HJs can exist stably up to room temperature. Owing to evident charge redistribution and accumulation occurring between the bilayers, electron-hole puddles form and charge carrier transfer and separation occur in the HJs, which are beneficial to the improvement of photocatalytic performance. The HJ energy bands maintain the Dirac cones with almost linear dispersion curves, suggesting low effective mass and high mobility of carriers, and can be effectively tuned by strain. Our results show that the BiOCl/Xene bilayer HJs with high separation efficiency and high mobility of carriers and strain-adjustable bandgaps provide varieties in the functionalities of 2D van der Waals HJs and show great potentials in photocatalytic applications.

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