Table 6. Calculated bandgap (Eg), Fermi energy (EF), work function (Φ), and electrical conductivity (σ) for adsorbent and gas–adsorbent complexes.
| Structure | E g (eV) | E F (eV) | Φ (eV) | ΔΦ (eV) | σ (A × Ω−1 m−1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 K | 400 K | 500 K | |||||
| BP | 0.877 | −1.845 | 1.8452 | — | 4.28 × 10−8 | 2.98 × 10−6 | 3.78 × 10−5 |
| HF + BP | 0.879 | −1.719 | 1.7194 | 0.126 | 4.11 × 10−8 | 2.89 × 10−6 | 3.7 × 10−5 |
| H2S + BP | 0.866 | −1.750 | 1.7509 | 0.094 | 5.34 × 10−8 | 3.50 × 10−6 | 4.32 × 10−5 |
| Al-BP | 0.783 | −1.802 | 1.8022 | — | 2.66 × 10−7 | 1.17 × 10−5 | 1.13 × 10−4 |
| HF + Al-BP | 1.007 | −1.576 | 1.5761 | 0.226 | 3.46 × 10−9 | 4.53 × 10−7 | 8.43 × 10−6 |
| H2S + Al-BP | 0.991 | −1.402 | 1.4023 | 0.399 | 4.72 × 10−9 | 5.79 × 10−7 | 1.01 × 10−5 |
| Ti-BP | 0.000 | −1.743 | 1.7437 | — | — | — | — |
| HF + Ti-BP | 0.000 | −1.643 | 1.6434 | 0.100 | — | — | — |
| H2S + Ti-BP | 0.000 | −1.579 | 1.5793 | 0.164 | — | — | — |