First-Principle Study on the Interaction between Fe and Trivacancy in Graphene

Abstract EN

Ab initio calculations using density functional theory (DFT) have been performed in order to explore structure and energy gap opening of graphene with bridged-trivacancy and single adsorbed with Fe atom.

Compared to the previous reconstructed trivacancy adsorbed with Fe atom with the energy gap of 0.10 eV, one interesting structure for the Fe-doped bridged-trivacancy complex has been identified, with one Fe atom above the graphene plane, and possesses energy gap with the value of 0.32 eV in the bridged circumstance.

The band gap can be explained by the decrease of the free electrons.

These results provide insights to engineer graphene’s properties through defect addition and manipulation for industrial semiconductor applications such as the photocatalytic technology and graphene based electronics.