Electronic structures and quantum capacitance of twisted bilayer graphene with defects based on three-band tight-binding model

Twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG) with C vacancies would greatly improve the density of states (DOS) around the Fermi level (EF) and quantum capacitance; however, the single-band tight-binding model only considering pz orbitals cannot accurately capture the low-energy physics of tBLG with C vacancies. In this work, a three-band tight-binding model containing three p orbitals of C atoms is proposed to explore the modulation mechanism of C vacancies on the DOS and quantum capacitance of tBLG. We first obtain the hopping integral parameters of the three-band tight-binding model, and then explore the electronic structures and the quantum capacitance of tBLG at a twisting angle of θ = 1.47° under different C vacancy concentrations. The impurity states contributed by C atoms with dangling bonds located around the EF and the interlayer hopping interaction could induce band splitting of the impurity states. Therefore, compared with the quantum capacitance of pristine tBLG (∼18.82 μF cm-2) at zero bias, the quantum capacitance is improved to ∼172.76 μF cm-2 at zero bias, and the working window with relatively large quantum capacitance in the low-voltage range is broadened in tBLG with C vacancies due to the enhanced DOS around the EF. Moreover, the quantum capacitance of tBLG is further increased at zero bias with an increase of the C vacancy concentration induced by more impurity states. These findings not only provide a suitable multi-band tight-binding model to describe tBLG with C vacancies but also offer theoretical insight for designing electrode candidates for low-power consumption devices with improved quantum capacitance.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

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Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP - 26(2024), 12 vom: 20. März, Seite 9687-9696

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Englisch

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Xin, Baojuan [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Kaixin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Dayong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Boyan [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Yahui [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Liang-Jian [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Feng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Wei-Hua [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1039/d3cp05913h

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NLM369600703