Band Gap Energy of Periodic Anatase TiO2 System Evaluated with the B2PLYP Double Hybrid Functional

Authors

  • Siti Hajar Alias Advanced Material for Environmental Remediation (AMER) Research Group, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Negeri Sembilan Kampus Kuala Pilah, 72000 Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
  • Fazira Ilyana Abdul Razak Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Sheela Chandren Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Wai Loon Leaw Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
  • Riadh Sahnoun Department of Chemistry, Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria
  • Hadi Nur Center of Advanced Materials for Renewable Energy (CAMRY), Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang 65145, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v20n1.3223

Keywords:

B2PLYP, band gap energy TiO2, double hybrid functional

Abstract

The electronic properties of anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) materials are of paramount importance for photocatalytic application. Ab initio calculation is performed on anatase TiO2 with various cluster sizes and shape, using Gaussian 09 program employing the standard 6-311G(d) and 3-21G basis set. Hartree-Fock (HF) theory, exchange-functional of density functional theory including hybrid (B3LYP, B3PW91, PBE1PBE and PBEh1PBE) and double-hybrid (B2PLYP), together with 2nd order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory are used to predict the band gap energy of anatase TiO2. With the inclusion of long-range HF exchange, double hybrid B2PLYP functional is able to predict band gap energy value (3.06 eV) which as compared to the experimental value (3.20 eV). Besides, this double hybrid exchange-correlation functional shows good compromise by obtaining an accurate description for cohesive energy of anatase TiO2. Thus, double-hybrid B2PLYP functional is suggested to be a practical choice for predicting the electronic properties for anatase TiO2.

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