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Enhanced molecular adsorption of ethylene on reduced anatase TiO2 (001): Role of surface O-vacancies
Shukri G.a, Dino W.A.a, Dipojono H.K.d, Agusta M.K.d, Kasai H.a,b
a Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University, Suita Campus, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
b National Institute of Technology, Akashi College, Akashi Hyogo, 974-8501, Japan
c Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan
d National Research Center for Nanotechnology, Institute of Technology, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry.A density functional theory (DFT)-based study of ethylene (C2H4) adsorption on a reduced anatase titanium dioxide (TiO2) (001) surface, i.e., with a surface oxygen vacancy (Ovac), is presented. It was found that C2H4 preferably adsorbs on the Ovac-site. The excess electrons originating from the removed oxygen weaken the C2H4 CC double bond by filling the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) or of C2H4, and simultaneously enhance the binding of C2H4 to the reduced anatase TiO2 (001). The bonding between the two C2H4 C atoms and the two Ti atoms nearest to the Ovac-site produces two σ-type bonds, leading to the emergence of a new localized mid-gap state. This hybrid 3d defect state can account for the ∼0.7 eV decrease in the band-gap observed in previous optical measurements of carbon-coated TiO2, formed after TiO2 exposure to C2H4 gas (Mater. Lett.108, 2013, 134). Subsequent calculations on two initial decomposition pathways of C2H4 adsorbed on the Ovac-site show that the C-H bond and C-C bond cleaving require high activation barriers where the C-H bond cleaving is slightly easier compared to the C-C bond cleaving, 2.94 eV and 3.01 eV, respectively, (as calculated using DFT-D2+Ud = 3 eV) and the final states of the two initial decomposition pathways show similar endothermic characteristics. This finding indicates that the surface Ovac-sites tend to favor the formation of molecularly adsorbed Ti-bound sp3-C2H4 (-Ti-CH2CH2-Ti-) as compared to the dissociative adsorption case.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Anatase titanium dioxide,Carbon coated tio,Decomposition pathway,Dissociative adsorption,Lowest unoccupied molecular orbital,Molecular adsorption,Optical measurement,Surface oxygen vacancies[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra13633h[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]