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Electronic Structure of Titanium Dioxide Doped with Nickel and Chromium Atoms

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Changes in the band gap and density of electronic states of titanium dioxide upon doping with transition metals Ni and Cr, as well as codoping with Ni/Cr–TiO2, are studied by the density functional method in the LDA + U approximation. It is shown that, upon doping with TiO2 in the band gap, local levels of impurity states of chromium and nickel arise. Taking into account the parameters of the Coulomb and exchange interactions allow us to obtain the band gap values of 3.14 eV for anatase, 2.93 eV for the TiO2 structure doped with nickel atoms, 2.96 eV for the TiO2 structure doped with chromium atoms, and 2.88 eV for the TiO2 structure codoped with nickel and chromium atoms, which are in good agreement with the experimental values of 3.20, 2.86, 2.98, and 2.45 eV, respectively.

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The study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, nos. FZ-201906066 and FZ-2020092325.

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    M. D. Pecherskaya, Kh. T. Butanov, O. N. Ruzimuradov, Sh. I. Mamatkulov & O. R. Parpiev

  2. Turin Polytechnic University, 100095, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

    O. N. Ruzimuradov

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Pecherskaya, M.D., Butanov, K.T., Ruzimuradov, O.N. et al. Electronic Structure of Titanium Dioxide Doped with Nickel and Chromium Atoms. Glass Phys Chem 48, 327–332 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659622040101

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