We investigated the effect of Minnesota density functionals on the NO2 adsorption behavior on the B12N12 nanocluster. Functionals with a large %HF (Hartree-Fock) exchange fail to predict the electronic properties well, giving large values (9.59 and 12.46 eV for M06-2X and M06-HF) for the HOMO-LUMO gap (Eg) of the B12N12 cluster compared to the experimental ones (similar to 5-7 eV). The NO2 adsorption energy and Eg are exponentially and linearly increased by going from M06-L with zero %HF to M06-HF with 100% HF exchange, respectively. Electronic sensitivity (S) of the B12N12 is as follows: SM06-L > S-MO6 > SM06-2X SM06-HP. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.