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Sensing Behavior of Hexagonal-Aluminum Nitride to Phosgene Molecule Based on Van der Waals–Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamic Simulation

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In this paper, we evaluated adsorption of phosgene gas molecule (COCl2), on the hexagonal-aluminum nitride (h-AlN) nanosheet by using first-principles van der Waals density functional theory calculations (vdW-DF) method. The nature of interaction between the phosgene molecule and h-AlN is discovered by geometries, adsorption energies, Mulliken, Hirshfeld as well as Voronoi charges analyses. The density of states (DOS) was calculated and the results show that HOMO/LUMO energy gap of h-AlN is significantly reduced upon the COCl2 adsorption. The projected density of states (PDOS) of the adsorption systems suggested that the enhancement of adsorption was owing to the hybridization between Al atom of h-AlN sheet and the O atom of phosgene molecule. Interestingly, the results reveal that the Eg of h-AlN is very sensitive to the presence of COCl2 molecule as its value reduces from 3.337 eV in pure h-AlN to 1.966 eV (41.08% change) after the COCl2 adsorption which would result in electrical conductance increment. Global reactivity descriptor values such as electronegativity (χ), global hardness (η), global softness (S), electronic chemical potential (μ), electrophilicity index (ω), and electro accepting power (ω+) were calculated. Additionally, the stability of the most stable phosgene/h-AlN complex was evaluated by means of DFT molecular dynamics (MD) simulation at room temperature under constant volume and temperature conditions with PBE method. Based on the DFT calculation results, the h-AlN nano sheet is expected to be potential novel sensor for detecting the presence of COCl2 gas.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from the Office of the Vice-Chancellor in charge of research of Arak branch, Islamic Azad University.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran

    T. Banibairami

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran

    S. Jamehbozorgi & M. Rezvani

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    R. Ghiasi

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Banibairami, T., Jamehbozorgi, S., Ghiasi, R. et al. Sensing Behavior of Hexagonal-Aluminum Nitride to Phosgene Molecule Based on Van der Waals–Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamic Simulation. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 94, 581–589 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036024420030048

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