The adsorption of α-cyanoacrylic acid on anatase TiO2 (101) and (001) surfaces: a density functional theory study

The adsorption of α-cyanoacrylic acid (CAA) on anatase TiO2 (101) and (001) surfaces, including adsorption energies, structures, and electronic properties, have been studied by means of density functional theory calculations in connection with ultrasoft pseudopotential and generalized gradient appro...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 2014-12, Vol.141 (23), p.234705-234705
Main Authors: Ma, Jin-Gang, Zhang, Cai-Rong, Gong, Ji-Jun, Yang, Bing, Zhang, Hai-Min, Wang, Wei, Wu, You-Zhi, Chen, Yu-Hong, Chen, Hong-Shan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adsorption
Anatase
Carbonyls
Chemical bonds
Conduction bands
Configurations
Density functional theory
Electronic properties
Orbitals
Surface chemistry
Titanium dioxide
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Summary:The adsorption of α-cyanoacrylic acid (CAA) on anatase TiO2 (101) and (001) surfaces, including adsorption energies, structures, and electronic properties, have been studied by means of density functional theory calculations in connection with ultrasoft pseudopotential and generalized gradient approximation based upon slab models. The most stable structure of CAA on anatase TiO2 (101) surface is the dissociated bidentate configuration where the cyano N and carbonyl O bond with two adjacent surface Ti atoms along [010] direction and the dissociated H binds to the surface bridging O which connects the surface Ti bonded with carbonyl O. While for the adsorption of CAA on (001) surface, the most stable structure is the bidentate configuration through the dissociation of hydroxyl in carboxyl moiety. The O atoms of carboxyl bond with two neighbor surface Ti along [100] direction, and the H from dissociated hydroxyl interacts with surface bridging O, generating OH species. The adsorption energies are estimated to be 1.02 and 3.25 eV for (101) and (001) surfaces, respectively. The analysis of density of states not only suggests the bonds between CAA and TiO2 surfaces are formed but also indicates that CAA adsorptions on TiO2 (101) and (001) surfaces provide feasible mode for photo-induced electron injection through the interface between TiO2 and CAA. This is resulted from that, compared with the contribution of CAA orbitals in valence bands, the conduction bands which are mainly composed of Ti 3d orbitals have remarkable reduction of the component of CAA orbitals.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.4903790