Delta arsenene nanoribbon as a sensing element towards phenol and benzene vapours – a first- principles insight

organic vapor sensor modeling

Authors

  • V Nagarajan SASTRA Deemed University
  • R. Chandiramouli SASTRA Deemed University

Keywords:

Arsenene, Nanoribbon, Physisorption, Sensor, Benzene vapour, Phenol vapour, vapour sensor

Abstract

The advancement in the nanomaterials opens the gate for various sensing substrates towards gas/vapours. In the current work, delta arsenene nanoribbon (δ-AsNR) is used as adsorbing element towards phenol and benzene vapours. The formation energy of δ-AsNR is recorded as -4.117 eV/atom confirming the stable structural geometry. The band gap of bare δ -AsNR is calculated to be 1.368 eV in GGA/B86LYP level of theory. Furthermore, the adsorption of phenol and benzene vapours on δ-AsNR exhibits physisorption with exothermic nature of adsorption. The charge transfer reveals that phenol and benzene molecules resemble donor and δ-AsNR as acceptor of electrons. Besides, the projected density of states and band structure variation are noticed owing to adsorption of phenol and benzene molecules on δ -AsNR. Hence, it is evident that δ -AsNR is one of the base substrate to sense the presence of phenol and benzene vapours in the environment.

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2022-02-15

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Nagarajan, V., & Chandiramouli, R. (2022). Delta arsenene nanoribbon as a sensing element towards phenol and benzene vapours – a first- principles insight. Journal of Materials NanoScience, 9(2), 125–131. Retrieved from https://pubs.thesciencein.org/journal/index.php/jmns/article/view/284

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