Effects of Vacancy-Defected, Dopant and the Adsorption of Water upon Mn2O3 and Mn3O4 (001) Surfaces: A First-Principles Study

M. Mansouri Department of Physics, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad 9187147578, Iran

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In this study, a first-principles study using the spin-polarized density functional theory approach within corrected functional was carried out to investigate the electronic features of manganese oxide surfaces under three situations of (a) cation vacancy, (b) intercalation of multi- and univalent ions, and (c) adsorption of a water molecule upon the surface as catalytic performance. The possibility of obtaining the significant absolute magnetic momentum phases from native defects in orthorhombic structures of Mn2O3 and Mn3O4 (001) surface is explored, whereas Mn vacancy provides a transition from the insulating phase into a metal-like nature and modifies the electronic transport. Moreover, bandgap engineering via impurity intercalation has been explored. Ca+2 and Al+3 intercalations have manifested substantial attributes and explain the experimental results as efficient conducting system and catalytic activity. Furthermore, the adsorption of one water molecule and the most stable configuration, adsorption energies and electronic properties were thoroughly discussed. Accordingly, it was explored that H2O: Mn2O3 and Mn3O4 exhibit suitable parameters as efficient catalytic synthesis.

DOI:10.12693/APhysPolA.133.1178 topics: manganese oxides, surface, vacancy, substitutional doping, adsorption