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Effect of Fe Concentration on Fe-Doped Anatase TiO₂ from GGA + U Calculations

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Hsuan-Chung Wu

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Department of Materials Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, 84 Gungjuan Road, Taishan, New Taipei 24301, Taiwan mcut.edu.tw

Center for Thin Film Technologies and Applications, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei 24301, Taiwan mcut.edu.tw

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Sheng-Hong Li,

Sheng-Hong Li

Department of Materials Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, 84 Gungjuan Road, Taishan, New Taipei 24301, Taiwan mcut.edu.tw

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Syuan-Wei Lin,

Syuan-Wei Lin

Department of Materials Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, 84 Gungjuan Road, Taishan, New Taipei 24301, Taiwan mcut.edu.tw

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Department of Materials Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, 84 Gungjuan Road, Taishan, New Taipei 24301, Taiwan mcut.edu.tw

Center for Thin Film Technologies and Applications, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei 24301, Taiwan mcut.edu.tw

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Sheng-Hong Li

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Syuan-Wei Lin

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First published: 15 July 2012

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Abstract

To comprehend the photocatalytic mechanisms of anatase Ti_1−xFe_xO₂ with various concentrations of Fe, this study performed first principles calculations based on density functional theory with Hubbard U on-site correction to evaluate the crystal structure, impurity formation energy, and electronic structure. We adopted the effective Hubbard U values of 8.47 eV for Ti 3d and 6.4 eV for Fe 3d. The calculations show that higher concentrations of Fe are easily formed in anatase TiO₂ due to a reduction in the formation energy. The band gap of Fe-doped TiO₂ decreases Fe doping level increases as a result of the overlap among the Fe 3d, Ti 3d, and O 2p states, which enhances photocatalytic activity in the visible light region. Additionally, a broadening of the valence band and Fe impurity states within the band gap might also contribute to the photocatalytic activity.

1. Introduction

The increase in global pollution has led researchers to search for new techniques and materials to promote environmental protection. Since Fujishima and Honda’s report in 1972 [1], the unique properties of TiO₂ have attracted considerable attention in the fields of air and water purification, hydrogen production, and dyesensitized solar cells. Anatase TiO₂ also has a wide band gap capable of only absorbing ultraviolet (UV) light (≤387 nm). UV light accounts for a small fraction (~5%) of the available solar energy; therefore, the utilization of solar energy is low. To improve the photocatalysis of TiO₂, determining how to expand the optical absorption into the visible light region (~45%) has become a topic of considerable interest among researchers.

Considerable research has gone into modifying the band gap of TiO₂. One of the most effective methods involves doping TiO₂ crystals with impurities including transition metals, such as V [2], Mo [3], Fe [4–6], Co [7, 8], Pt [9], Au [10], and nonmetals such as N [11, 12], F [13], P [14], S [15]. Among these impurity elements, the radius of Fe³⁺ (0.64 Å) is similar to that of Ti⁴⁺ (0.68 Å) and is therefore easily incorporated into the TiO₂ crystal [16]. In addition, the Fe³⁺ dopant can serve as a charge trap, impeding the electron-hole combination rate and enhancing photocatalysis within a range suitable to the concentration of the dopant [17]. Fe is considered an appropriate candidate element and has been widely studied [18–25]. Zhang et al. [18] prepared Fe-doped mesoporous TiO₂ thin films and suggested that the doped Fe forms Fe³⁺ ions, which could play a role as e⁻ or h⁺ traps, thereby reducing the e⁻/h⁺ pair recombination rate. Wang et al. [19] reported that the band gap of Fe-doped TiO₂ thin films decreased from 3.29 to 2.83 eV with an increase in the Fe³⁺ content from 0 to 25 wt%. The decrease in unit cell volume indicates that Fe³⁺ replaced Ti⁴⁺ in the lattice, forming a solid solution. Some experimental results [20, 21] have found that Fe doping in TiO₂ could narrow the band gap of TiO₂, thereby increasing the efficiency of the photocatalysis in the visible range. Yalçin et al. [22] performed calculations based on density function theory (DFT) to characterize the influence of Fe³⁺ doping on the electronic and structural properties of TiO₂. The results indicate that the visible light activity in Fe³⁺-doped TiO₂ is due to the introduction of additional electronic states within the band gap.

Recently, first-principles calculations were conducted for Fe-doped TiO₂, but these have been restricted to a single concentration of Fe [23–25]. To the best of our knowledge, few of these studies have focused on the photocatalytic mechanisms of Fe-doped anatase TiO₂ with different Fe concentrations. Additionally, most theoretical calculations have greatly underestimated the band gap of TiO₂ due to the adoption of the conventional DFT method, which is known to include an insufficient description of the on-site Coulomb interaction between electrons occupying the Ti 3d orbitals. This study performed first-principles calculations using the generalized gradient approximation + Hubbard U (GGA + U) approach to investigate the crystal structure, formation energy, and electronic structure of anatase Ti_1−xFe_xO₂. Various concentrations of Fe, x = 0.0625, 0.125, and 0.1875 (2.08, 4.17, and 6.25 at.%), were analyzed.

2. Calculation Models and Methods

Anatase TiO₂ has a tetragonal structure with lattice parameters a = b = 3.776 Å, c = 9.486 Å. To calculate various concentrations of Fe, a 2 × 2 × 1 supercell was constructed with 16 Ti and 32 O atoms, as shown in Figure 1(a). The calculations for the doping system were conducted for the 2 × 2 × 1 supercell containing one, two, and three Fe atoms in the substitutional sites of the Ti atoms, as shown in Figures 1(b)–1(d), which correspond to the Fe concentrations of 2.08, 4.17, and 6.25 at.%, respectively.

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2 × 2 × 1 anatase TiO₂ supercell models with various concentrations of Fe: (a) pure TiO₂, (b) 2.08 at.%, (c) 4.17 at.%, (d) 6.25 at.%.

First-principles calculations were performed using the CASTEP module [26] in Materials Studio 5.0 developed by Accelrys Software Inc. Electron-ion interactions were modeled using ultrasoft pseudopotentials in the Vanderbilt form [27]. The valence configurations of the atoms were 3s²3p⁶3d²4s² for Ti, 2s²2p⁴ for O, and 3d⁶4s² for Fe. The wave functions of the valence electrons were expanded through a plane wave basis-set and the cutoff energy was selected as 400 eV. The Monkhorst-Pack scheme [28] K-points grid sampling was set at 4 × 4 × 3 (less than 0.04 Å⁻¹) in the supercells. The convergence threshold for self-consistent iterations was set at 5 × 10⁻⁶eV. The lattice parameters and atomic positions for each supercell system were first optimized using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) together with the method introduced by Wu and Cohen [29]. The optimization parameters were set as follows: energy change = 9 × 10⁻⁵eV/atom, maximum force = 0.09 eV/Å, maximum stress = 0.09 GPa, and maximum displacement tolerance = 0.009 Å. To describe the electronic structures more accurately, the GGA + U method was adopted with the strong on-site Coulomb repulsion among the localized Ti 3d electrons described according to the following formalism [30, 31]:

(1)

where ρ^σ denotes the spin (σ) polarized on-site density matrix. The spherically averaged Hubbard parameter U describes the increase in energy caused by the placement of an additional electron at a particular site, and the parameter J (1 eV) represents the screened exchange energy. The effective Hubbard parameter U_eff = U − J, which accounts for the on-site Coulomb repulsion for each affected orbital, is the only external parameter required for this approach.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Structural Optimization

Table 1 summarizes the optimized lattice parameters, average bond lengths, and differences in volume, obtained from structure optimization. The optimized lattice parameters, a = b = 3.778 Å, and c = 9.549 Å, for pure anatase TiO₂ are in good agreement with the experimental values of a = b = 3.782 Å and c = 9.502 Å [32], indicating that our calculations are reliable. In anatase TiO₂, each Ti atom is bonded to its four nearest and two second nearest oxygen neighbors. Average bond lengths are represented as Ti–O^1st and Ti–O^2nd. With the same concentration of Fe, all of the Fe–O bond lengths are shorter than those of Ti–O. Therefore, the volume decreases with an increase in Fe concentration, which is consistent with the experimental results [33]. This indicates that Fe doping causes a contraction in the overall volume, which may be the result of the difference in the radii of the ions: 64 pm for Fe³⁺ and 68 pm for Ti⁴⁺.

Table 1. Optimized lattice parameters, average bond lengths, and volume difference (ΔV) of TiO₂ doped with various concentrations of Fe.

Fe (at.%)	Lattice parameters (Å)			Bond lengths (Å)				ΔV (%)
Fe (at.%)	a	b	c	Ti−O^1st	Ti–O^2nd	Fe–O^1st	Fe–O^2nd
0.00	3.778	3.778	9.549	1.931	1.986
2.08	3.771	3.771	9.489	1.930	1.976	1.877	1.885	−1.00
4.17	3.759	3.732	9.591	1.923	1.992	1.891	1.903	−1.28
6.25	3.761	3.761	9.376	1.929	1.974	1.882	1.876	−2.67

3.2. Hubbard U Parameter

The GGA + U approach uses an intra-atomic electron-electron interaction for on-site correction to describe systems with localized d and f electrons, capable of producing a more optimal band gap. Determining an appropriate Hubbard U_eff parameter is necessary in GGA + U calculations to correctly interpret the intra-atomic electron correlation. As shown in Figure 2, for anatase TiO₂, the band gap widens with an increase in the effective Hubbard U_eff of Ti 3d. The band gap was widened by increasing U_eff from 2 to 8 eV. Here, the on-site Coulomb interaction was U_eff = 8.47 eV for Ti 3d using the GGA + U approach and the calculated band gap of pure anatase is 3.21 eV, which is close to the experimental value of 3.2 eV. Using the same method, the U_eff = 6.4 eV of Fe 3d was determined by fitting the band gap of Fe₂O₃ (2.2 eV).

3.3. Formation Energy

To examine the relative stability of TiO₂ doped with various concentrations of Fe, the defect formation energies were calculated according to the following formula:

(2)

Here, E_tot (Fe-doped) and E_tot (pure) are the total energies of Fe-doped TiO₂ and pure TiO₂; n is the number of substitutional Fe atoms; μ_Fe and μ_Ti represent the chemical potentials of the Fe and Ti atoms, respectively. The formation energy depends on the growth conditions, which can be Ti-rich or O-rich. For TiO₂, μ_Ti and μ_O satisfy the relationship μ_Ti + 2 μ_O =

. Under the O-rich growth condition, μ_O is determined by the total energy of an O₂ molecule (

) and μ_Ti is determined by the formula

− 2 μ_O. Under the Ti-rich growth condition, μ_Ti is the energy of one Ti atom in bulk Ti and μ_O is determined by

/2. The values of μ_Ti are −1601.80 and −1592.61 eV under the O-rich and Ti-rich, respectively. μ_Fe is the energy of one Fe atom in bulk Fe, and the calculated value is −856.33 eV. Table 2 summarizes the calculated formation energies for TiO₂ doped with various concentrations of Fe. It should be noted that the smaller the E_f value is, the easier it is to incorporate impurities into the TiO₂ supercell. The formation energy of Fe-doped TiO₂ is reduced to a greater degree under O-rich conditions than under the Ti-rich conditions, indicating that the incorporation of Fe into TiO₂ at the site of the Ti atom is favorable. In addition, the formation energies decrease with an increase in Fe concentration under O-rich conditions, suggesting that higher concentrations of Fe facilitate the synthesis of Fe-doped anatase TiO₂.

Table 2. Formation energy of Ti_1−xFe_xO₂ for different Fe concentrations.

Fe (at.%)	Formation energy (eV)
	O-rich	Ti-rich
2.08	−3.99	5.20
4.17	−10.01	8.36
6.25	−14.13	13.43

3.4. Electronic Structure

Figure 3 indicates the total density of states (TDOS), and the projected density of states (PDOS) to investigate the electronic properties of Fe-doped anatase TiO₂. The zero-point energy is taken as the Fermi level. The band gap (E_g) of pure anatase TiO₂ is 3.21 eV, as shown in Figure 3(a), and is consistent with the experimental value of 3.2 eV. In pure anatase TiO₂, the valence band (VB) mainly comprises O 2p states with a small number of Ti 3d states, while the conduction band (CB) comprises Ti 3d states with a small number of O 2p states. This indicates that there exists a little covalence bond character between Ti and O atoms. The valence band of TiO₂ has a large bandwidth (W_VB) of approximately 4.63 eV, showing a strong delocalization among the O 2p electrons. At 2.08 at.% (Fe concentration) from Figure 3(b), we observe Fe 3d impurity states in the band gap ranging from 1.74 eV above the valence band maximum (VBM) to 0.52 eV below the conduction band minimum (CBM). The electrons in the VB can be excited to localized impurity states within the band gap and subsequently to the CB through the absorption of visible light. In addition, the substitutional Fe atom only transfers 3 electrons to the surrounding O atoms, which leads to unfilled O 2p orbitals and an electron remaining in the Fe³⁺ ion as shown in Figure 4. At 4.17 at.% (Figure 3(c)), the overlap of Fe 3d, Ti 3d, and O 2p bands near the CB results in a decrease in the CBM. Therefore, the band gap of Fe-doped TiO₂ at 4.17 at.% narrows to 2.70. From 4.17 at.% to 6.25 at.% (Figure 3(d)), the CBM continuously moves toward the Fermi level and hybridization among Fe 3d, Ti 3d, and O 2p near the Fermi energy level also occur, resulting in a reduced band gap. Figure 5 shows the relationships between E_g and W_VB and Fe concentration. E_g decreases with an increase in the Fe doping level, which is similar to other experimental results [18, 19]. It also reveals that the decrease in E_g from 2.08 at.% to 6.25 at.% is more obvious than that from 0 to 2.08 at.%. W_VB increases with an increase in Fe concentration due to the contribution from the lower Fe 3d band, which benefits the hole mobility in VB. As a result, the electron transition energy from the valence band to the conduction band decreases as a result of Fe-doping, which may induce a red shift at the edge of the optical absorption range. In addition, the valence band was found to broaden after Fe was incorporated into TiO₂ due to the contribution from the lower Fe 3d states. W_VB broadens with an increase in Fe concentration. The wider valence band results in an increase in the mobility of the photogenerated electron-hole pair. In this manner, both the narrowing of the band gap and the increased mobility of the photogenerated carriers can improve the photocatalytic activity under visible light.

4. Conclusions

This study used the GGA + U method to investigate the influence of doping concentration on the crystal structure, impurity formation energy, and electronic properties of Fe-doped anatase TiO₂. We adopted the effective Hubbard U values, 8.47 eV for Ti 3d and 6.4 eV for Fe 3d, to accurately determine the band gap in the experiments. The calculated results imply that higher concentrations of Fe facilitate the formation of anatase TiO₂. In addition, doping anatase TiO₂ with Fe can effectively narrow the band gap, thereby increasing photocatalytic activity in the visible light region and the trend of band gap decreases with an increase in Fe concentration. Both the broadening of the valence band and Fe impurity states within the band gap might also enhance photocatalytic activity.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Science Council in Taiwan (NSC 100-2221-E-131-017), for which the authors are grateful. They also acknowledge the National Center for High-performance Computing for computer time and the use of its facilities.

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1. Introduction

2. Calculation Models and Methods