TY - JOUR
T1 - Controlled Pore Sizes in Monolayer C2N Act as Ultrasensitive Probes for Detection of Gaseous Pollutants (HF, HCN, and H2S)
AU - Bhattacharyya, Kalishankar
AU - Pratik, Saied Md
AU - Datta, Ayan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - Porous two-dimensional monolayers have gained interest both in theoretical and experimental research because of their controlled pore size and evenly distributed holes within the basal plane. Herein, we have investigated the efficient trapping of three pollutants (HF, HCN, and H2S) on the recently synthesized porous two-dimensional nitrogeneted holey carbon (C2N-h2D) monolayer using periodic density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations. The differential binding positions/orientations of HF, HCN, and H2S in the cavity of C2N depend on their adsorption energy and charge transfer efficiency. H2S serves as a charge donor while HF and HCN act as charge acceptors. Our AIMD simulations demonstrate that the C2N monolayer is thermally stable at room temperature. Adsorption occurs through physisorption, and no chemical bond is formed between the molecule and the C2N surface irrespective of the site of interaction. Electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonding facilitate strong noncovalent interactions between the polar pollutants and C2N. I-V characteristics of the C2N monolayer in the presence of the adsorbed molecules show an increase in current for H2S at a bias of 1.0 V. However, for acceptor molecules, it shows a decrease (HF, bias = 3.0 V and HCN, bias = 2.5 V). Such unique sensitivity of C2N toward donor/acceptor molecules advocates its application for gas sensing applications.
AB - Porous two-dimensional monolayers have gained interest both in theoretical and experimental research because of their controlled pore size and evenly distributed holes within the basal plane. Herein, we have investigated the efficient trapping of three pollutants (HF, HCN, and H2S) on the recently synthesized porous two-dimensional nitrogeneted holey carbon (C2N-h2D) monolayer using periodic density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations. The differential binding positions/orientations of HF, HCN, and H2S in the cavity of C2N depend on their adsorption energy and charge transfer efficiency. H2S serves as a charge donor while HF and HCN act as charge acceptors. Our AIMD simulations demonstrate that the C2N monolayer is thermally stable at room temperature. Adsorption occurs through physisorption, and no chemical bond is formed between the molecule and the C2N surface irrespective of the site of interaction. Electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonding facilitate strong noncovalent interactions between the polar pollutants and C2N. I-V characteristics of the C2N monolayer in the presence of the adsorbed molecules show an increase in current for H2S at a bias of 1.0 V. However, for acceptor molecules, it shows a decrease (HF, bias = 3.0 V and HCN, bias = 2.5 V). Such unique sensitivity of C2N toward donor/acceptor molecules advocates its application for gas sensing applications.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11963
DO - 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11963
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85041447302
SN - 1932-7447
VL - 122
SP - 2248
EP - 2258
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
IS - 4
ER -