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In this paper, the effects of F, S, Se and Te doping on the interfacial interaction and electronic structure of ZnO/graphene heterojunctions were systematically studied based on first-principles. The results show that the ZnO/graphene heterojunction layers are bonded by van der Waals force to form a stable heterojunction and an n-type Schottky barrier. The differential charge density diagram shows that the electrons of the graphene layer transfer to the ZnO layer, making the surface of the graphene layer positively charged and the surface of the ZnO layer negatively charged, forming a built-in electric field at the interface. When F atoms are added, the heterojunction presents ohmic contact. When S, Se and Te atoms are added, the contact types of the heterojunction Schottky change from n type to p type, and the height of the Schottky barrier effectively reduces, especially after Te atom is added, the height of the p type Schottky barrier reduces to 0. 48 eV, which improves the electron injection efficiency. The research results of this paper will provide reference for the design and manufacture of related. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The stability, electronic structures, work function, and optical properties of single-layer g-C3N4 and X/ g-C3N4 (X = g-C3 N4 , AlN and GaN) heterostructures were investigated using plane-wave density functional theory with ultra-soft pseudopotentials. The results show that the lattice mismatch ratio and lattice mismatch energy of X/ g-C3N4 heterojunction are very low, indicating that X/ g-C3N4 heterojunction has excellent stability. Compared with the single-layer g-C3N4, the bandgap of the X/ g-C3N4 all reduces, and the peaks and troughs of the density of states greatly improves. At the same time, X/ g-C3N4 has a redshift, which leds to an increase in the number of electrons in the excited state, making electronic transitions easier. It shows that the heterojunction is beneficial to improves the response-ability of the system to visible light, and effectively improves the photocatalytic activity of the system. Further calculations show that the work function of X/ g-C3N4 reduces and a built-in electric field is formed at the interface, which inhibits the recombination of photo-generated electron-hole pairs. This is of great benefit to the migration of carriers and the improvement of photocatalytic ability. Among them, the GaN/ g-C3 N4 heterojunction has the smallest work function, the potential difference at the interface formed a built-in electric field and the redshift is the most obvious. It can be inferred that the GaN/ g-C3 N4 heterojunction has the best photocatalytic activity. Therefore, the heterojunction proposed in this paper is an effective means to improve the photocatalytic activity of the system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]