Abstract
To evaluate the electronic and optical properties of Cr-doped anatase TiO(2), three possible Cr-doped TiO(2) models, including Cr at a Ti site (model I), Cr at a Ti site with an oxygen vacancy compensation (model II), and an interstitial Cr site (model III), are studied by means of first principles density functional theory calculations. In model I, the splitting behavior of the Cr 3d states and the insulating properties are successfully depicted by the GGA+U method, from which it is proposed that Cr at a Ti site should exist as Cr(4+) instead of the generally believed Cr(3+). As a result, the electron transitions between these impurity states, the conduction band (CB), and the valence band (VB), as well as the d-d transitions between occupied and unoccupied Cr 3d states, provide a reasonable explanation for the experimentally observed major and minor absorption bands. In models II and III, the impurity states and associated optical transition processes-as well as the corresponding electron configurations-are examined.
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