Substantial Variations in the Optical Absorption and Reflectivity of Graphene When the Concentrations of Vacancies and Doping with Fluorine, Nitrogen, and Oxygen Change

Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jun 25;22(13):6832. doi: 10.3390/ijms22136832.

Abstract

We performed ab initio numerical simulations with the density functional theory to investigate the variations in the band structure, optical absorption, and the reflectivity of vacancy-graphene doped with nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine for different densities. We considered the density values 0.78%, 1.02%, 1.39%, 2.00%, 3.12%, 5.55%, and 12.5% for the vacancies and doping. In the infrared and visible ranges for all cases, vacancies included, there is a substantial increment in the absorption and reflectivity concerning graphene. The most significant changes are for fluorine and oxygen at a concentration of 12.5%.

Keywords: fluorine; graphene; nitrogen; optical properties; oxygen; vacancies.

MeSH terms

  • Electrons
  • Fluorine / chemistry*
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Nitrogen / chemistry*
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Spectrum Analysis*

Substances

  • Fluorine
  • Graphite
  • Nitrogen
  • Oxygen