Effect of Rh Do** on Optical Absorption and Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity on BaTiO3 (001) Surfaces
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Surface and Thermodynamic Model
2.1. Structure Models
2.2. Thermodynamic Description
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Effect of Do** on Ground-State Electronic Properties
3.2. Optical Absorption
3.3. OER over Pristine and Rh-Modified BaTiO3
4. Computational Details
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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TiO2 Surface | |||||||||
Dry | Empty site (*) | OH* | O* | OOH* | |||||
Species | q | μ | q | μ | q | μ | q | μ | |
Ti | 2.15 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 | 2.10 | 0 | 2.22 | 0 | |
O1 | −1.18 | 0 | −1.15 | 0 | −1.15 | 0 | −1.13 | 0 | |
O2 | −1.22 | 0 | −1.24 | 0 | −1.19 | 0 | −1.24 | 0 | |
Adsorbant | - | - | −0.49 | 0 | −0.74 | 0.53 | −0.31 | 0.14 | |
Wet | Ti | 2.24 | 0 | 2.24 | 0 | 2.12 | 0 | 2.21 | 0 |
O1 | −1.22 | 0 | −1.16 | 0 | −1.19 | 0 | −1.15 | 0 | |
O2 | −1.23 | 0 | −1.24 | 0 | −1.22 | 0 | −1.24 | 0 | |
Adsorbant | - | - | −0.52 | 0 | −0.91 | 0.48 | −0.35 | 0.13 | |
TiO2:Rh surface | |||||||||
Dry | Rh | 1.51 | 1.59 | 1.77 | 0.85 | 1.73 | 1.04 | 1.64 | 0.73 |
O1 | −1.06 | 0.17 | −1.04 | 0.11 | −1.03 | 0.129 | −1.02 | 0.13 | |
O2 | −1.11 | 0.15 | −1.20 | 0.03 | −1.19 | 0.014 | −1.18 | 0.01 | |
Adsorbant | - | - | −0.37 | 0.86 | −0.33 | 1.04 | −0.19 | 0.28 | |
Wet | Rh | 1.49 | 1.60 | 1.76 | 0.84 | 1.73 | 1.08 | 1.63 | 0.74 |
O1 | −1.08 | 0.17 | −1.08 | 0.11 | −1.05 | 0.14 | −1.05 | 0.13 | |
O2 | −1.10 | 0.15 | −1.11 | 0.03 | −1.20 | 0.019 | −1.20 | 0.01 | |
Adsorbant | - | - | −0.43 | 0.84 | −0.46 | 1.08 | −0.23 | 0.29 |
Surface | Adsorbant | ||
---|---|---|---|
O | OH | OOH | |
Undoped | 1.655 | 1.836 | 2.055 |
Rh-doped | 1.754 | 1.897 | 1.902 |
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Inerbaev, T.M.; Abuova, A.U.; Zakiyeva, Z.Y.; Abuova, F.U.; Mastrikov, Y.A.; Sokolov, M.; Gryaznov, D.; Kotomin, E.A. Effect of Rh Do** on Optical Absorption and Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity on BaTiO3 (001) Surfaces. Molecules 2024, 29, 2707. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29112707
Inerbaev TM, Abuova AU, Zakiyeva ZY, Abuova FU, Mastrikov YA, Sokolov M, Gryaznov D, Kotomin EA. Effect of Rh Do** on Optical Absorption and Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity on BaTiO3 (001) Surfaces. Molecules. 2024; 29(11):2707. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29112707
Chicago/Turabian StyleInerbaev, Talgat M., Aisulu U. Abuova, Zhadyra Ye. Zakiyeva, Fatima U. Abuova, Yuri A. Mastrikov, Maksim Sokolov, Denis Gryaznov, and Eugene A. Kotomin. 2024. "Effect of Rh Do** on Optical Absorption and Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity on BaTiO3 (001) Surfaces" Molecules 29, no. 11: 2707. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29112707