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Title: Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Sheet of TiO2

Journal Article · · Chemistry of Materials
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  1. Inst. for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan (Iran); Univ. of Zabol, Zabol (Iran)
  2. Inst. for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan (Iran)
  3. Univ. Basel (Switzerland)
  4. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

We report the ab initio discovery of a novel putative ground state for quasi two-dimensional TiO2 through a structural search using the minima hopping method with an artificial neural network potential. Here, the structure is based on a honeycomb lattice and is energetically lower than the experimentally reported lepidocrocite sheet by 7 meV/atom and merely 13 meV/atom higher in energy than the rutile bulk structure. According to our calculations, the hexagonal sheet is stable against mechanical stress, chemically inert, and can be deposited on various substrates without disrupting the structure. Its properties differ significantly from all known TiO2 bulk phases with a large gap of 5.05 eV that can be tuned through strain and defect engineering.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; ACI-1445606; OCI-1053575
OSTI ID:
1480055
Journal Information:
Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 20; ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 58 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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