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2D slab models of TiO2 nanotubes for simulation of water adsorption: Validation over a diameter range

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العنوان: 2D slab models of TiO2 nanotubes for simulation of water adsorption: Validation over a diameter range
المؤلفون: Oleg Lisovski, Sergei Piskunov, Dmitry Bocharov, Stephane Kenmoe
المصدر: Results in Physics, Vol 19, Iss , Pp 103527- (2020)
بيانات النشر: Elsevier, 2020.
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: LCC:Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Nanotubes, TiO2, Water adsorption, Slab model, DFT, Water splitting, Physics, QC1-999
الوصف: Currently a lot of attention is paid to 1D nanomaterials due to their advantages in comparison to bulk materials. They offer broad possibilities of application, including photocatalytic water splitting. Simulations of water adsorption on such materials with computationally costly theoretical methods, such as ab initio molecular dynamics, are needed for improvement of such photocatalysts’ efficiency. Still, it is very problematic to treat a real-size nanotube at available computational power. The existing nanotube surface approximations are not accurate and universal enough.We have already proposed methods for 2D model construction out of TiO2 nanotubes of (101) and (001) configuration at the moderately expensive DFT level. The idea behind was to provide a partial description of nanotubular strain by applying lattice constants from nanotubes to slab models, and preserving geometry motifs. We use water adsorption energy, valence band maximum and conduction band minimum positions, as well as DOS shape as criteria for model validation.Our previous work was limited only to specific variants of nanotubes and water adsorption. In this work we establish these novel approaches along a wide nanotube diameter range, in particular for water adsorption studies. We demonstrate that the 2D models do not impose critical compromises in terms of accuracy, and therefore allow calculations of much larger nanotubes than common approaches do.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2211-3797
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379720319756; https://doaj.org/toc/2211-3797
DOI: 10.1016/j.rinp.2020.103527
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/09f06a1f741d4659a67ba99960c8a95a
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.09f06a1f741d4659a67ba99960c8a95a
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
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تدمد:22113797
DOI:10.1016/j.rinp.2020.103527