First-Principles Calculations to Investigate the Effect of Van der Waals Interactions on the Crystal and Electronic Structures of Tin-Based 0D Hybrid Perovskites
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Structural Properties
2.2. Electronic Structure
2.3. Dielectric Function and Determination of the First Transition
2.4. Effect of the Van der Waals Interactions on the Crystallographic and Electronic Structures
2.5. Absorption
3. Computational Methods
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Compound | Compound Name | Crystal System/ Space Group | Number of Donor Atoms | N-H⋯Cl Hydrogen Bonds | π-π Interactions | (eV) | Ref |
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a | (NH3(CH2)2C6H5)2SnCl6 | Monoclinic P21/c | 1 Nitrogen atoms NH3+ | 4 Strong | 4 Weak | - | [1] |
b | (C6H10N2) SnCl6 | Monoclinic P21/c | 2 Nitrogen atoms NH+/NH3+ | 5 Strong | 2 Weak | 3.56 Thin film | [2] |
c | (C9H14N)2 SnCl6 | Monoclinic C2/m | 1 Nitrogen atom NH3+ | 4 Strong | 1 Weak | 5.2 Solid | [3] |
d | (C8H12N)2 SnCl6 | Triclinic P-1 | 1 Nitrogen atom NH3+ | 5 Strong | 2 Weak | 4.11 In water | [4] |
Compound | Space Group | (Å) | Δ (10−5) | Inorganic Interlayer Distance (Å) | dCl⋯Cl (Å) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
a | P21/c | 2.423994 | 1 | 13.326 | 9.760 |
b | P21/c | 2.422345 | 5.5 | 7.668 | 3.456 |
c | C2/m | 2.424254 | 1.4 | 10.517 | 7.175 |
d | P-1 | 2.427381 | 5.4 | 10.684 | 6.858 |
Energy | Ev | Ec | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
States | ||||||||||
Compound | a | −1.45 | −0.20 | −1.52 | −0.18 | 4.71 | 3.43 | 3.43 | 4.72 | ------ |
b | −0.67 | −1.08 | −0.73 | −0.80 | 3.34 | 4.18 | 4.18 | 3.31 | 3.31 | |
c | −1.50 | −0.35 | −0.47 | −0.31 | 3.34 | 3.37 | 3.38 | 4.50 | 6.36 | |
d | −1.51 | −0.50 | −1.58 | −0.45 | 3.27 | 3.27 | 3.28 | 4.41 | 7.70 |
Label | Transition | ||
---|---|---|---|
Ea | 4.91 | H|s C|p Sn|s Cl|p | 4.91 4.88 |
Eb | 4.79 | Sn|s Cl|p | 4.85 |
Ec | 4.80 | Sn|s Cl|p H|s Cl|p | 4.87 4.84 |
Ed | 4.78 | Sn|s Cl|p H|s Cl|p | 4.78 4.78 |
Methods | a | b | c | d |
---|---|---|---|---|
GGA-PBE | 3.042 | 3.049 | 3.152 | 3.147 |
GGA-PBE+TS | 2.988 | 3.056 | 3.063 | 3.072 |
GGA-PBE-Grimme | 2.985 | 3.058 | 3.078 | 3.092 |
GGA-PW91 | 3.081 | 3.057 | 3.158 | 3.167 |
GGA-PW91+OBS | 3.341 | 3.057 | 3.172 | 3.151 |
Compound | Scheme | a (Å) | b (Å) | c (Å) | α (°) | β (°) | γ (°) | V (Å3) | Eg (eV) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a | Exp | 7.345 | 25.667 | 11.971 | - | 90.106 | - | 2256.8 | - |
GGA-PW91 | 7.4315 | 25.8404 | 12.1654 | - | 90.1286 | - | 2336.15 | 3.115 | |
GGA-PW91+OBS | 7.2527 | 25.5844 | 11.8856 | - | 90.2596 | - | 2205.42 | 3.043 | |
b | Exp | 7.0566 | 13.5254 | 14.8999 | - | 94.703 | - | 1417.31 | - |
GGA-PBE | 7.1286 | 13.6778 | 15.0881 | - | 94.4060 | - | 1466.80 | 2.971 | |
GGA-PBE+TS | 7.0537 | 13.5895 | 14.9690 | - | 94.5887 | - | 1430.27 | 3.026 | |
c | Exp | 19.7521 | 7.2293 | 9.2181 | - | 103.046 | - | 1282.31 | - |
GGA-PBE | 19.8713 | 7.3406 | 9.3495 | - | 103.363 | - | 1326.86 | 3.216 | |
GGA-PBE+TS | 19.7328 | 7.1942 | 9.3148 | - | 103.4064 | - | 1286.31 | 3.084 | |
d | Exp | 7.4904 | 7.9864 | 10.6842 | 91.572 | 90.470 | 117.5410 | 566.34 | - |
GGA-PBE | 7.6320 | 8.0769 | 10.7584 | 91.4226 | 90.5358 | 117.9866 | 585.28 | 3.227 | |
GGA-PBE+TS | 7.5157 | 7.9947 | 10.6920 | 91.5932 | 90.4239 | 117.6723 | 568.58 | 3.077 |
Structure | XC | S | dmax. (Å) | dav. (Å) | Δ |
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a (NH3(CH2)2C6H5)2[SnCl6] | GGA-PW91 | 0.0069 | 0.5130 | 0.1939 | 0.027 |
GGA-PW91+OBS | 0.0051 | 0.5240 | 0.2065 | 0.043 | |
b (C6H10N2)[SnCl6] | GGA-PBE | 0.0067 | 0.2736 | 0.0961 | 0.015 |
GGA-PBE+TS | 0.0023 | 0.2854 | 0.0993 | 0.022 | |
c (C9H14N)2[SnCl6] | GGA-PBE | 0.0071 | 0.3841 | 0.1425 | 0.035 |
GGA-PBE+TS | 0.0040 | 0.3909 | 0.1486 | 0.026 | |
d (C8H12N)2[SnCl6] | GGA-PBE | 0.0070 | 0.1707 | 0.0824 | 0.035 |
GGA-PBE+TS | 0.0012 | 0.1873 | 0.0870 | 0.022 |
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Ferjani, H.; Smida, Y.B.; Al-Douri, Y. First-Principles Calculations to Investigate the Effect of Van der Waals Interactions on the Crystal and Electronic Structures of Tin-Based 0D Hybrid Perovskites. Inorganics 2022, 10, 155. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10100155
Ferjani H, Smida YB, Al-Douri Y. First-Principles Calculations to Investigate the Effect of Van der Waals Interactions on the Crystal and Electronic Structures of Tin-Based 0D Hybrid Perovskites. Inorganics. 2022; 10(10):155. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10100155
Chicago/Turabian StyleFerjani, Hela, Youssef Ben Smida, and Yarub Al-Douri. 2022. "First-Principles Calculations to Investigate the Effect of Van der Waals Interactions on the Crystal and Electronic Structures of Tin-Based 0D Hybrid Perovskites" Inorganics 10, no. 10: 155. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10100155