First Principles Study of Adsorption and Reaction of CO on SrTiO3 （100） Surface： the Role of Surface Oxygen Vacancies

The adsorption and reaction of CO on SrTiO3 （100） surface with and without surface oxygen vacancy are investigated by the first-principles calculation based on the density functional theory. The calculated results reveal that the oxygen vacancy site prefers to the activation of the C-O bond. The adsorption energies increase to 1.0855 and 0.3245eV for defect-CO and defect-OC orientations, respectively. Particularly the C-O bond is elongated by about 0.1285 ？ in the defect-OC orientation compared with that in the Ti-OC one without surface oxygen vacancies. There is predominantly a chemisorption mechanism between the CO molecule and the surface in the defect-CO orientation.     

Effect of In-Doping on Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Sr2TiO4

The effect of In doping on the electronic structure and optical properties of Sr2 TiO4 is investigated by a firstprinciples calculation of plane wave ultrasoft pseudopotentials based on density functional theory. The calculated results reveal that corner-shared TiO6 octahedra dominate the main electronic properties of Sr2TiO4 and the covalency of the Ti-O（1） bond in the ab plane is stronger than that of the Ti-O（2） bond along the c-axis. After In doping, there is a little lattice expansion in Sr2In0.125 Ti0.875 O4 and the interaction between the Ti-O bond near the impurity In atom is weakened. The binding energies of Sr2TiO4 and Sr2In0.125Ti0.875O4 estimated from the electronic structure calculations indicate that the crystal structure of Sr2In0.125 Ti0.875 O4 is still stable after doping, but its stability is lower than that of undoped Sr2TiO4. Moreover, the valence bands （VBs） of the Sr2In0.125Ti0.875O4 system consist of O 2p and In 4d states, and the mixing of O 2p and In 4d states makes the top VBs shift significantly to high energies, resulting in visible light absorption. The adsorption of visible light is of practical importance for the application of St2 TiO4 as a photocatalyst.     

Effect of Process Parameters on Laser Damage Threshold of TiO2 Coatings

We investigate the laser damage behaviour of an electron-beam-deposited TiO2 monolayer at different process parameters. The optical properties, chemical composition, surface defects, absorption and laser-induced damage threshold （LIDT） of films are measured. It is found that TiO2 films with the minimum absorption and the highest LIDT can be fabricated using a TiO2 starting material after annealing. LIDT is mainly related to absorption and is influenced by the non-stoichiometric defects for TiO2 films. Surface defects show no evident effects on LIDT in this experiment.     

Structural,electronic, and optical absorption properties of TiO2 nanotube adsorbed with Cu n clusters

The structural,electronic,and optical absorption properties of TiO2 nanotube(TiO2NT)with Cun clusters(n=1–4)adsorbed on its surface have been investigated based on density functional theory calculations.The TiO2NT is constructed by rolling up a(101)sheet of anatase TiO2 around the[1 01]direction;the ground states of Cun/TiO2NT systems are determined by analyzing the average adsorption energies.Calculation results show that odd-even oscillations occur for the average adsorption energy,the Cu–O bond length,and the amount of transferred electrons,with the increase in Cun cluster size;and the Cun/TiO2NTs with odd n’s demonstrate stronger interaction between the Cun cluster and the TiO2NT.Also,the impurity states introduced by the Cun cluster to the band gap of TiO2NT cause an obvious redshift of the optical absorption spectrum toward the visible light region,especially for the even n cases.     

Structural Stabilities of Ordered Arrays of Nb4 Clusters on NaCI（IO0） Surface

Adsorption of ordered （2 × 2） arrays of Nb4 clusters on the insulating surface of NaCI（100） is studied by the first-principles calculations within the density functional theory. The calculations on the relaxed geometries and cohesive energies show that both the tetrahedron and quadrangle-Nb4 can be stably adsorbed on this substrate, which may have important applications. The adsorption of quadrangle-Nb4 on the NaCl（100） surface is more stable than that of tetrahedron-Nb4. Both the Nb4 clusters studied and a single Nb atom prefer the top site of the Cl atom in the NaCl（100） surface. Electronic structure analysis suggests that the interactions between the Nb4 clusters and the substrate are weak.     

First principle study of the influence of vacancy defects on optical properties of GaN

We employ plane-wave with ultrasoft pseudopotential method to calculate and compare the total density of states and partial density of states of bulk-phase GaN,Ga0.9375 N,and GaN0.9375 systems based on the first-principle density-functional theory(DFT).For Ga and N vacancies,the electronic structures of their neighbor and next-neighbor atoms change partially.The Ga0.9375 N system has n-type semiconductor conductive properties,whereas the GaN0.9375 system has p-type semiconductor conductive properties.By studying the optical properties,the influence of Ga and N vacancy defects on the optical properties of GaN has been shown as mainly in the low-energy area and very weak in high-energy area.The dielectric peak influenced by vacancy defects expands to the visible light area,which greatly increases the electronic transition in visible light area.     

Comparison of TiO2 and ZrO2 Films Deposited by Electron-Beam Evaporation and by Sol-Gel Process

TiO2 and ZrO2 films are deposited by electron-beam （EB） evaporation and by sol-gel process. The film properties are characterized by visible and Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry, x-ray diffraction analysis, surface roughness measure, absorption and laser-induced damage threshold （LIDT） test. It is found that the sol-gel films have lower refractive index, packing density and roughness than EB deposited films due to their amorphous structure and high OH group concentration in the film. The high LIDT of sol-gel films is mainly due to their amorphous and porous structure, and low absorption. LIDT of EB deposited film is considerably affected by defects in the film, and LIDT of sol-gel deposited film is mainly effected by residual organic impurities and solvent trapped in the film.     

Coadsorption of gold with chlorine on CeO2 (111) surfaces: A first principles study

To investigate the effects of chlorine on the Au/ceria catalysts,the adsorption of gold or chlorine and their coadsorpiton on the stoichiometric and partially reduced CeO₂（111） surfaces are studied from the first principles.It is found that the adsorption of Au is significantly enhanced by the chlorine preadsorption on the stoichiometric CeO₂（111） surface;while on the partially reduced CeO₂（111） surface,the preadsorbed chlorine inhabits the oxygen vacancy（which is the preferred adsorption site for gold）,leading to a CeOCl phase and the dramatical weakening of the Au adsorption.Therefore,chlorine on the CeO₂（111） surface can affect the Au adsorption thus the activity of the Au/CeO₂ catalyst.     

A b initio calculation of the growth of Te nanorods and Bi2Te3 nanoplatelets

In this paper the growth mechanism of a Te/Bi2Te3 novel structure is studied by ab-initio calculations. The results show that the growth of Te nanorods is determined by the adsorption energy of Te atoms on different crystalline Te surfaces. The adsorption energy of Te on the Te （001） surface is 3.29 eV, which is about 0.25 eV higher than that of Te on the Te （110）. This energy difference makes the preferential growth direction along the 〈 001 〉 direction. In addition, the higher surface energy of Bi2Te3 （110） and the lattice misfit between crystalline Bi2We3 and Te along 〈 001 〉 direction are considered to explain the growth of the Bi2Te3 nanoplatelets, in which Volmer-Weber model is used. The theoretical results are in agreement with experimental observation.     

Monte Carlo Study of CO-NO Catalytic Surface Reaction Including CO-CO Repulsion

The CO-NO reaction on a catalytic surface is studied by using Langmuir-Hinshclwood thermal mechanism with Monte Carlo computer simulation. In this model, a novel concept of CO CO repulsion is introduced, which has experimental evidence due to the formation of dipoles when these molecules are chemisorbed on the surface. The system is investigated by applying two approaches of NO dissociation. In the first ca.se, NO always decomposes into N and O before adsorption on the surface, In the second case, NO adsorbs on the surface molecularly and then dissociates into N and O if a vacancy is present in its adjacent neighbourhood. The steady state reactive window （i.e. the continuous production of CO2 and N2） is obtained only with the diffusion of N-atoms on the surface, which extends with CO-CO repulsion in the first, case. Itowever, in the second case, reactive window is obtained with CO-CO repulsion alone, The reactive window width in this case is reasonably large. The first-order phase transition is eliminated in both the cases with CO-CO repulsion.     

TiO2表面氧空位对NO分子吸附的作用

采用程序升温热脱附(TPD)实验方法测定了NO在TiO2表面吸附后的脱附谱，利用分子轨道理论研究了TiO2吸附NO的原子簇模型及吸附前后的原子簇能级变化．结果表明，NO在TiO2表面吸附后可在两个峰值温度450和980K脱附出N2．TiO2表面经预覆氧处理后，N2的脱附量降低．吸附时NO中的O能够占据TiO2表面氧空位并与N脱离，而N原子则相互结合成为N2脱附．分子轨道理论计算证明在TiO2(110)表面能够存在氧空位并具备吸附NO的结构条件．     

TiO2/SiO2的表面化学修饰及其DRS和Raman光谱分析

以氯化醇钛盐表面反应法制备系列TiO2/SiO2,根据XRD,Raman和DRS表征分析,载体表面具有分子级分散的锐钛矿型TiO2微晶粒子和非晶TiOx物种.与本体TiO2相比,TiO2/SiO2的吸收带边显著蓝移,能隙增大为3.96 eV.当金属M(M:Pd,Cu和Ni)负载于TiO2/SiO2表面,可使其光吸收域扩展到可见光区,并引起吸收带边红移.相对Pd的负载,Cu,Ni的负载对TiO2/SiO2的LMCT带影响更大,其中Cu-TiO2/SiO2的能隙减小为3.68 eV.当金属氧化物MoO3负载于TiO2/SiO2上时,可以调变TiO2/SiO2的吸收带边并增强对可见光的吸收;随MoO3载量的增加,表面物种的相互作用增强,形成Mo-O-Ti复合结构,增强了LMCT带的吸收强度,并使能隙减小为3.81 eV.     

空位缺陷对β-AgVO_3电子结构和光吸收性能的影响

基于密度泛函的第一性原理研究了Ag空位、O空位和Ag-O双空位对β-AgVO_3的电子结构及光学性质的影响.采用广义梯度近似平面波超软赝势GGA+U方法,对不同缺陷体系的形成能、能带结构、电子态密度、差分电荷密度和吸收光谱进行了计算和分析.通过比较不同Ag空位和O空位的形成能,确定了β-AgVO_3中主要形成Ag3空位和O1空位,并且Ag空位较O空位更容易形成.Ag3空位和O1空位的存在都使得β-AgVO_3带隙有一定程度的减小;Ag3空位使β-AgVO_3呈现p-型半导体性质,而O1空位和Ag3-O1双空位使β-AgVO_3呈现n-型半导体性质.Ag3和O1空位对晶体在可见光范围内的光吸收影响较小.     

Study on the defects of ZnO nanowire

The room-temperature photoluminescence property of ZnO nanowires was studied. It showed an ultraviolet peak and a visible light band in the PL spectrum. Through Gaussian fitting, it was found that the visible light band can be divided into two peaks at 2.37 eV and 2.53 eV, which was originated from oxygen antisite and oxygen vacancy defects, respectively. After being exposed to air or post-annealed in oxygen ambience, aging effect was observed and the peak at 2.53 eV disappeared due to the removal of oxygen vacancy defects. Therefore, it is suggested that oxygen antisite and oxygen vacancy coexist in ZnO and induce visible light emission.     

单原子Al修饰空位缺陷V2C（MXene）对H2气体表面吸附的第一性原理研究

基于第一性原理计算方法,对含空位缺陷的V₂C(MXene)在不同位点修饰单原子Al的相关性能进行系统研究.研究表明,几何优化后得到含空位缺陷的V₂C稳定结构表面能为-3075.53 J/m²,单原子Al修饰本征V₂C单原子的吸附能为1.5511eV、单原子Al修饰空位缺陷V₂C的吸附能为-2.0763 eV,这表明含空位缺陷的V₂C,由于单原子Al的修饰可以明显改善晶体结构稳定性.进一步从态密度、分波态密度、吸氢能力研究发现,各体系态密度和分波态密度均出现分波越过费米能级的现象,表现出较强的金属性;V₂C吸附H₂气体分子吸附能为-7.5867 eV,而空位缺陷V₂C和单原子Al修饰空位缺陷V₂C两个体系对H₂气体分子的吸附能仅为-0.9851 eV、-2.7130 eV,均未能进一步改善V₂C对H₂气体分...     

Y掺杂空位石墨烯对NO及CO气体表面吸附的第一性原理研究

摘　要：基于第一性原理的计算方法，建立了本征石墨烯、空位石墨烯及钇( Y)掺杂空位石墨烯模型，并计算了CO、NO在三类石墨烯表面的吸附过程. 从表面能、吸附结构、吸附能和态密度四个方面进行分析讨论，研究掺杂Y对CO、NO气体吸附性能的影响. 结果表明：CO、NO与本征石墨烯之间的吸附为弱的物理吸附，掺杂Y后增强了材料表面对CO、NO的吸附效果，最大吸附能分别为7.414eV、6.702eV，属于化学吸附；掺杂Y使空位石墨烯费米能级附近有了更多的活跃电子，其吸附NO后体系由半金属转变为金属特性，该特性能为开发更加优良的石墨烯气敏材料提供理论支持.     

Adsorption Regularity and Characteristics of sp~3-Hybridized Gas Molecules on Anatase TiO_2(101) Surface

We report the anatase titanium dioxide(101) surface adsorption of sp~3-hybridized gas molecules,including NH_3,H_2O and CH_4,using first-principles plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential based on the density functional theory.The results show that it is much easier for a surface with oxygen vacancies to adsorb gas molecules than it is for a surface without oxygen vacancies.The main factor affecting adsorption stability and energy is the polarizability of molecules,and adsorption is induced by surface oxygen vacancies of the negatively charged center.The analyses of state densities and charge population show that charge transfer occurs at the molecule surface upon adsorption and that the number of transferred charge reduces in the order of N,O and C.Moreover,the adsorption method is chemical adsorption,and adsorption stability decreases in the order of NH_3,H_2O and CH_4.Analyses of absorption and reflectance spectra reveal that after absorbed CH_4 and H_2O,compared with the surface with oxygen vacancy,the optical properties of materials surface,including its absorption coefficients and reflectivity index,have slight changes,however,absorption coefficient and reflectivity would greatly increase after NH_3 adsorption.These findings illustrate that anatase titanium dioxide(101) surface is extremely sensitive to NH_3.     

第一性原理计算研究立方氮化硼空位的电学和光学特性

对立方氮化硼的空位进行了基于密度泛函理论框架下的第一性原理平面波超软赝势方法的研究. 通过对总能量、能带结构、态密度及电子密度分布图的分析发现, B空位相比起N空位更加稳定. 并且空位仅影响最近邻原子的电子分布, 空位浓度的增加使禁带宽度逐渐变窄. 从复介电函数和光学吸收谱分析中发现, 随着空位浓度的增加, 立方氮化硼在深紫外区的吸收逐渐减弱. 并且B空位还导致在可见光区域出现明显的吸收带. 关键词： 立方氮化硼 空位 第一性原理 电光学特性     

锐钛矿型氧化物XO2（X=Ti,Sn,Zr,Ir）表面氧化性对NH3气体光学气敏传感特性的影响

摘要 金属氧化物气敏传感材料一直是当今的热门研究课题,锐钛矿相金属氧化物XO2（X=Ti,Sn,Zr,Ir）是具有传感特性的常见材料。光学气敏效应是指气体分子吸附在气敏传感材料上,与表面氧空位发生氧化还原反应,由于光学性质发生改变而检测出气体的成分和浓度,因此,氧化还原反应的强弱是反应传感性能的核心原因。本文采用密度泛函理论(DFT)体系下广义梯度近似(GGA)第一性原理平面波超软赝势方法,分析和计算了含氧空位的锐钛矿相XO2（X=Ti,Sn,Zr,Ir）表面特性。通过以NH3为目标分子,研究分子表面吸附引起的氧化还原反应的机理,分析不相同的氧化物表面的几何结构、吸附能、态密度、差分电荷密度、电荷布居、电荷转移、光学性质等。研究发现：目标分子稳定吸附在氧化物表面后改变材料光学性质。SnO2表面对分子的吸附能最大,IrO2表面与分子的吸附距离最小。NH3分子与表面间存在电荷转移,其转移电子数目大小为:IrO2＞TiO2＞ZrO2＞SnO2,氧化物表面氧化性的大小为:IrO2氧空位＞TiO2氧空位＞ZrO2氧空位＞SnO2氧空位;比较吸收谱和反射谱发生变化最为明显的是TiO2表面。结论,在可见光范围内,波长在400~530nm时,SnO2表面光学气敏传感效应更好。而在530~760nm范围TiO2表面光学气敏传感效应更好。     

Electronic Structure and Optical Property Calculation of an Oxygen Vacancy in NH_4H_2PO_4 Crystals

The electronic structure of perfect ammonium dihydrogen phosphate(ADP) and defective ADP with an oxygen(O) vacancy are calculated by screened-exchange hybrid density functional HSE06. The optimized structural parameters of the defective ADP crystal are analyzed. The PO_4 tetrahedron with an O vacancy is distorted and its symmetry is broken. The band gap of the defective ADP with an O vacancy is about 1.5 eV lower than the perfect ADP, which is due to the new O vacancy defect states near the valence band maximum. Moreover, more peaks appear in the low-energy region(lower than 6 eV) in the curves of the linear optical properties for the defective ADP. The results indicate that the O vacancy will significantly influence the laser damage performance of ADP crystals.