Effects of p- and d-block metal co-substitution on the electronic structure and physicochemical properties of InMO4 (M = Nb and Ta) semiconductors

Seung Tae Lim; Tae Woo Kim; Su Gil Hur; Seong Ju Hwang; Hyunwoong Park; Wonyong Choi; Jin Ho Choy

doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2006.12.030

Effects of p- and d-block metal co-substitution on the electronic structure and physicochemical properties of InMO₄ (M = Nb and Ta) semiconductors

Seung Tae Lim, Tae Woo Kim, Su Gil Hur, Seong Ju Hwang, Hyunwoong Park, Wonyong Choi, Jin Ho Choy

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

We have investigated the effect of the co-substitution of Sn^IV and Ni^II ions on the electronic structure and physicochemical property of InMO₄ (M = Nb, Ta) semiconductors. The co-substitution leads to a red-shift of absorption edge as well as to an appearance of satellite peak below the absorption edge. Depending on the nature of valence orbitals, the substitution of p- and d-block elements results in the lowering of conduction band and the formation of impurity states in the middle of bandgap, respectively. Such a band modification makes the photocatalytic activity of InMO₄ improved against the photodegradation of organic molecules.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-255
Number of pages	5
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	434
Issue number	4-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2006.12.030
Publication status	Published - 2007 Feb 5

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Funding Information:
This research (Letter) was performed for the Hydrogen Energy R&D Center, one of the 21st Century Frontier R&D Program, funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Korea, and partly by the financial support by Ministry of Environment (Grant No.: 022-061-023). The experiments at PLS were supported in part by MOST and POSTECH.

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Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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