V掺杂锐钛矿相TiO_2的光吸收特性

使用V2O5和乙醇作为V掺杂TiO2的滴加液,运用溶胶-凝胶方法制备了不同浓度的V掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2的薄膜样品.对这些样品进行了紫外-可见透射光谱实验,发现V掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2的光谱响应范围向可见光区域移动,掺杂浓度为1.0%(摩尔分数)时红移效果最明显.此外,运用第一性原理,对V掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2的电子结构进行了研究,并运用能带结构理论对实验现象进行了解释.研究中发现:在V掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2后,随着V浓度的增加,TiO2的禁带宽度逐渐减小,光谱响应范围扩大,能提高它的可见光响应;但是由于掺杂后价带与导带比较接近,容易形成新的空穴-电子复合中心,以及导带区域V3d轨道上电子与Ti3d轨道上的电子强关联作用也会降低电子的还原性,所以V浓度的增加会使TiO2的光催化性能降低.理论上计算出在V掺杂浓度为6.25%(摩尔分数)时,TiO2的光吸收边红移最大,与实验得到的变化趋势相吻合.     

稀土金属掺杂对锐钛矿型TiO2光催化活性影响的理论和实验研究

从理论和实验两方面探讨稀土金属掺杂对锐钛矿型TiO2光催化活性的影响.理论上采用基于密度泛函理论(DFT)的第一性原理,对稀土掺杂TiO2前后的几何结构、能带结构、态密度及电子结构进行了系统的研究.结果表明,Y,La,Gd,Lu,Ce,Eu,Yb和Tb掺杂有助于TiO2光催化活性的提高;而对于Pr,Nd,Pm,Sm,Dy,Ho,Er和Tm掺杂,由于在价带顶和导带底之间形成了较多的可能成为光生电子和空穴的复合中心的杂质能级,故此类稀土的掺杂浓度需要控制在较小的范围内.另一方面,采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了9种稀土金属(RE=Y,Ce,Pr,Sm,Gd,Dy,Ho,Er,Yb)掺杂的TiO2粉体,运用X射线衍射(XRD)和紫外-可见光谱法(UV-Vis)分别表征其晶体结构和光学吸收性质.结果表明,掺杂前后的TiO2均为锐钛矿相,且Ho,Pr,Ce,Sm,Y,Yb和Gd掺杂使TiO2在可见光区的吸收有不同程度的提高.理论预测与实验结果基本一致,且理论研究结果与周期表中稀土元素外层电子轨道排布规律一致,从而揭示了稀土元素掺杂的本质规律,指明了适量的稀土掺杂有利于TiO2光催化活性的提高.     

磷掺杂锐钛矿二氧化钛能带结构的从头计算研究

用密度泛函方法优化了锐钛矿二氧化钛及其磷掺杂锐钛矿二氧化钛的晶体结构.研究揭示了用超胞模型研究未掺杂和P掺杂锐钛矿TiO2能带结构和态密度的可行性.计算结果对于提高TiO2光催化活性有意义.     

铂修饰的稀土掺杂TiO2的光催化制氢活性

采用溶胶-凝胶浸渍法和光沉积法制备了系列Pt/RE/TiO2纳米光催化剂,通过XRD和电化学等手段进行了表征.以甲醛为电子给体,考察了光催化剂在紫外光照射下的制氢活性.稀土掺杂提高了Pt/TiO2光催化制氢活性,其顺序分别为La/TiO2＞Sm/TiO2＞Eu/TiO2＞Dy/TiO2＞Er/TiO2.掺入稀土元素后,阻止了TiO2从锐钛矿晶型向金红石晶型的转变,这是光催化剂活性提高的原因之一.计算晶格畸变应力e数据表明,Ti^4 可能反掺入了表面稀土氧化物的晶格中.电化学实验表明稀土掺杂TiO2的平带电位负移,其原因可解释为晶格畸变促使费米能级升高,-致催化剂导带的平带电位负移,因此导带上被激发电子具有更强的还原能力,从而有利于光催化制氢活性的提高.     

N/F掺杂和N-F双掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2(101)表面电子结构的第一性原理计算

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)平面波赝势方法计算了N/F掺杂和N-F双掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2(101)表面的电子结构. 由于DFT方法存在对过渡金属氧化物带隙能的计算结果总是与实际值严重偏离的缺陷, 本文也采用DFT+U(Hubbard 系数)方法对模型的电子结构进行了计算. DFT的计算结果表明N掺杂后, N 2p轨道与O 2p和Ti 3d价带轨道的混合会导致TiO2带隙能的降低, 而F掺杂以及氧空位的引入对材料的电子结构没有明显的影响. DFT+U的计算却给出截然不同的结果, N掺杂并没有导致带隙能的降低, 而只是在带隙中引入一个孤立的杂质能级, 反而F掺杂以及氧空位的引入带来明显的带隙能降低. DFT+U的计算结果与一些实验测量结果能够较好地符合.     

N／F掺杂和N-F双掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2（101）表面电子结构的第一性原理计算

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)平面波赝势方法计算了N/F掺杂和N-F双掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2(101)表面的电子结构.由于DFT方法存在对过渡金属氧化物带隙能的计算结果总是与实际值严重偏离的缺陷,本文也采用DFT+U(Hubbard系数)方法对模型的电子结构进行了计算.DFT的计算结果表明N掺杂后,N2p轨道与O 2p和Ti 3d价带轨道的混合会导致TiO2带隙能的降低,而F掺杂以及氧空位的引入对材料的电子结构没有明显的影响.DFT+U的计算却给出截然不间的结果,N掺杂并没有导致带隙能的降低,而只是在带隙中引入一个孤立的杂质能级,反而F掺杂以及氧空位的引入带来明显的带隙能降低.DFT+U的计算结果与一些实验测量结果能够较好地符合.     

基于铝离子掺杂二氧化钛薄膜的染料敏化太阳能电池的光电性能

采用水热法制备出Al3+掺杂二氧化钛薄膜,通过玻璃棒涂于导电玻璃上,在450°C的温度下烧结并将其用N3染料敏化制成染料敏化太阳能电池(DSSCs).通过X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)及DSSCs测试系统对其进行了测试表征,研究了Al3+掺杂对TiO2晶型及染料敏化太阳能电池的光电性能影响.XPS数据显示Al3+成功掺杂到了TiO2晶格内,由于Al3+的存在,对半导体内电子和空穴的捕获及阻止电子/空穴对的复合发挥重要作用.莫特-肖特基曲线显示掺杂Al3+后二氧化钛平带电位发生正移,并导致电子从染料注入到TiO2的驱动力提高.DSSCs系统测试结果表明,Al3+掺杂的TiO2薄膜光电效率达到6.48%,相对于无掺杂的纯二氧化钛薄膜光电效率(5.58%),其光电效率提高了16.1%,短路光电流密度从16.5mA·cm-2提高到18.2mA·cm-2.     

线性缀加平面波法计算掺杂钨和钒锐钛矿二氧化钛的电子结构

利用基于密度泛函理论的线性缀加平面波(LAPW)法, 计算未掺杂和掺杂钨和钒的锐钛矿TiO₂晶体的能带和电子态密度. 计算结果表明, 钨和钒的掺杂能够使锐钛矿TiO₂的能带明显变窄.     

Bi掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2第一性原理计算

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)下的第一性原理平面波超软赝势方法计算了Bi掺杂前后锐钛矿相TiO2的电子结构和光学性质。结果分析发现:掺杂后Ti的电荷布居数下降,O的布居数增加;同时在TiO2禁带中引入了杂质能级,禁带宽度略微变大,但是杂质能级的作用抵消了禁带宽度变大带来的不利影响,使得掺杂后TiO2吸收带边红移并在可见光范围内吸收明显增强。     

溶胶-凝胶法制备薄膜型TiO2光催化剂

用TiCl4作原料,通过溶胶-凝胶法在单晶硅基片上制备了TiO2纳米薄膜,并用XRD,AES,XPS以及紫外反射光谱等手段,对TiO2薄膜的结构进行了研究.结果发现,TiO2薄膜以锐钛矿型晶相存在.TiO2薄膜层与硅衬底间无明显的界面扩散反应.掺杂的Pd在还原前的薄膜中以氧化态存在,还原后则以高分散的金属态存在.掺杂的Pt在还原前后均以金属态存在,但还原后产生颗粒聚集.掺杂Pd的TiO2薄膜经还原后,其紫外吸收强度明显提高,主吸收峰发生红移.     

Calculation of Electronic Structure of Anatase TiO2 Doped with Transition Metal V,Cr,Fe and Cu Atoms by the Linearized Augmented Plane Wave Method

The electronic density of states and band structures of doped and un-doped anatase TiO2 were studied by the Linearized Augmented Plane Wave method based on the density functional theory. The calculation shows that the band structures of TiO2 crystals doped with transition metal atoms become narrower. Interesting, an excursion towards high energy level with increasing atomic number in the same element period could be observed after doping with transition metal atoms.     

Size control synthesis of sulfur doped titanium dioxide （anatase） nanoparticles, its optical property and its photo catalytic reactivity for CO2 ＋ H2O conversion and phenol degradation

Sulfur doped anatase TiO2 nanoparticles (3 nm−12 nm) were synthesized by the reaction of titanium tetrachloride, water and sulfuric acid with addition of 3M NaOH at room temperature. The electro-optical and photocatalytic properties of the synthesized sulfur doped TiO2 nanoparticles were studied along with Degussa commercial TiO2 particles (24 nm). The results show that band gap of TiO2 particles decreases from 3.31 to 3.25 eV and for that of commercial TiO2 to 3.2 eV when the particle sizes increased from 3 nm to 12 nm with increase in sulfur doping. The results of the photocatalytic activity under UV and sun radiation show maximum phenol conversion at the particle size of 4 nm at 4.80% S-doping. Similar results are obtained using UV energy for both phenol conversion and conversion of CO2+H2O in which formation of methanol, ethanol and proponal is observed. Production of methanol is also achieved on samples with a particle size of 8 and 12 nm and sulfur doping of 4.80% and 5.26%. For TiO2 particle of 4 nm without S doping, the production of methanol, ethanol and proponal was lower as compared to the S-doped particles. This is attributed to the combined electronic effect and band gap change, S dopant, specific surface area and the light source used.     

Effect of Zr and C Co-doping on the Optical Properties and Electronic Structure of TiO_2

The systematic trends and effect introduced by Zr and C co-doping to TiO2 of electronic structure and optical properties of anatase TiO2 have been calculated by the plane-wave ultra-soft pseudopotential density functional theory (DFT) method within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) for the exchange-correlation potential. Through the current calculations, the density of states (DOS), energy band structure and optical absorption coefficients have been obtained for TiO2 and compared with the doped TiO2, and the influence of electronic structure and optical properties caused by Zr and C co-doping has been presented qualitatively together. The results revealed that the energy band gap has been decreased owing to the doped Zr and C, whereas the optical absorption coefficients have been increased in the region of 400～800 nm and a red shift of absorption band can be found. Accordingly, photo catalytic activity of TiO2 has been enhanced. The current calculations are in good agreement with the experimental data.     

The role of crystal phase in determining photocatalytic activity of nitrogen doped TiO2

Two series of nitrogen doped TiO(2) samples with different ratios of anatase to rutile phases were prepared by milling the mixture of P25 TiO(2) and C(6)H(12)N(4) in air and gaseous NH(3) atmosphere, respectively. Compared to air, NH(3) atmosphere plays an important role in delaying the crystallite transformation from anatase to rutile in the mechanochemical reaction of TiO(2) and C(6)H(12)N(4). In contrast to the previously reported results for pure TiO(2), it is found that nitrogen doped TiO(2) with higher content of rutile phase demonstrates higher photocatalytic activity in photodegrading pollutant Rhodamine B under both UV light and visible light irradiation (lambda>420 nm), and the amount of the surface-adsorbed water and hydroxyl groups on nitrogen doped TiO(2) have little correlations with their crystallite phases (anatase or rutile) and photocatalytic activity. The more abundant surface states characterized by photoluminescence spectroscopy together with the lowered valence band maximum of rutile TiO(2) by nitrogen doping are considered as the key factors for the higher activity of nitrogen doped TiO(2) with higher content of rutile phase.     

Characterizations of lanthanum trivalent ions/TiO2 nanopowders catalysis prepared by plasma spray

Lanthanum trivalent ions (La(3+)) doped titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) nanopowders in the range of 20-60 nm were prepared successfully by plasma spray in the self-developed plasma spray equipment. The photocatalytic activity of samples at different doping concentrations in photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange was discussed. The nanopowders prepared were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet-visible spectra, photoluminescence (PL) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results show that La(3+) doping increased the photocatalytic activity of TiO(2) greatly, the optimal doping concentration was 0.5 at%. The La(3+) doping decreases the particle size and the distribution of particle sizes becomes more uniform. The doped powders were the mixture of anatase and rutile phase. The contents of anatase phase decreased firstly and then increased with an increase in the contents of La(3+). The intrinsic absorption band of La(3+) doped TiO(2) nanopowders appears red shift from that of pure TiO(2) nanopowders. The intensity of PL spectra increases and then decreases with increasing the content of La(3+). The PL spectral intensity reaches its peak when the ratio of La(3+)/TiO(2) is 0.2 at%. There are O, Ti, C and La elements in the prepared La(3+) doped TiO(2) nanopowders, La element still exists in trivalent and Ti element always exists in tetravalent.     

B掺杂TiO2/AC光催化剂的制备及活性

以硼酸和钛酸丁酯为主要原料，以活性炭(AC)为载体。用溶胶-凝胶法制备了B掺杂TiO2／AC光催化剂．用X射线衍射(XRD)、紫外可见漫反射吸收光谱(UV—VIS)对制得的光催化剂进行了表征．以甲基橙水溶液的光催化脱色反应和氧化乐果水溶液的光催化降解反应。考查了不同B掺杂TiO2／AC光催化剂的活性．结果表明，所有B掺杂TiO2／AC光催化剂均为锐钛矿晶相．B的掺杂未导致TiO2／AC光催化剂的吸收带边发生明显的移动．当B-TiO2质量分数分别为2．0％和2．5％时，TiO2／AC光催化剂的活性有明显的提高．B-TiO2质量分数2．0％时活性最高．但是，当B-TiO2质量分数分别为1．5％和3．0％时。TiO2／AC光催化剂的活性降低．B的缺电子特性可能改变了TiO2能带中的电子密度，使光催化反应中光生电子和空穴的俘获方式发生变化；同时。B的缺电子特性也会使光催化剂表面的Lewis酸强度增强，导致表面吸附OH-数量和目标反应物的吸附方式发生变化．这些可能是B-TiO2／AC光催化剂活性发生变化的主要原因．     

TiO2纳米管电极金属离子掺杂的表征

采用浸渍法对TiO₂纳米管电极进行Zn²⁺、Fe³⁺、Cu²⁺离子的掺杂改性,并进行了各种性能表征.扫描电镜(SEM)及X射线衍射光谱(XRD)结果表明,金属离子掺杂后的TiO₂纳米管电极依然保持了良好的表面形态及锐钛矿晶型,纳米管的直径为60-100 nm,其晶面主要为101面;可见紫外漫反射光谱(DRS)分析表明,进行掺杂的TiO₂纳米管电极的光学性质有不同程度的改变,Zn²⁺、Fe³⁺和Cu²⁺掺杂的TiO₂纳米管电极的禁带宽度分别为3.37 eV3、.14 eV、2.86 eV.这表明掺Cu²⁺的TiO₂纳米管电极的吸收边带发生了明显的红移.     

阴离子掺杂TiO2的芯位移和热力学性质的第一性原理研究

采用第一性原理计算考察了阴离子(硼、碳、氮、氟、磷、硫)掺杂的二氧化钛(包括锐钛矿相和金红石相)。芯位移计算结果表明,在氮掺杂的TiO2中,间隙掺杂类型的N的1s能级在XPS能谱上峰的位置要比替代掺杂的能级高,类似的结果也在硼、碳、磷和硫掺杂的TiO2上发现。然而对于F掺杂的TiO2,替代掺杂的峰位置比间隙掺杂的高,且与TiO2的晶相无关。还对阴离子掺杂的TiO2进行了热力学研究。结果表明,替换掺杂的形成焓高于间隙掺杂的,因此替代掺杂的TiO2的制备需要苛刻的条件,而间隙掺杂TiO2的制备只需温和的湿化学条件。