Optimizing optical absorption of Ti O2 by alloying with Ti S2

Naoto Umezawa; Anderson Janotti; Patrick Rinke; Toyohiro Chikyow; Chris G. Van De Walle

doi:10.1063/1.2835707

Optimizing optical absorption of Ti O2 by alloying with Ti S2

Naoto Umezawa, Anderson Janotti, Patrick Rinke, Toyohiro Chikyow, Chris G. Van De Walle

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Ti O2 is an attractive material for photocatalytic water splitting, but its band gap is too large to allow for efficient absorption of solar photons. We present a comprehensive first-principles investigation of band-structure modifications induced by alloying Ti O2 with Ti S2. The band gap of Ti O2 (1-x) S2x alloys exhibits a dramatic decrease upon addition of even a low concentration of S. The optical absorption of visible light is attainable with sulfur concentrations less than x=0.25. We have verified that the band alignment in these alloys is favorable for photocatalytic applications: in particular, the conduction band exhibits only small shifts, while the majority of the band-gap change is due to an upward shift of the valence band.

Original language	English
Article number	041104
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	92
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2835707
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

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