Abstract
The adsorption and dissociation of H2O on clean TiO2(110) and metal-deposited M/TiO2(110) (M = Pt and Au) surfaces were studied by performing calculations of periodic density-functional theory. M/TiO2(110) surfaces catalytically decompose H2O with barriers (decreased by ca. 15-19 kcal/mol) much smaller than for their clean TiO2(110) counterparts. The Au-deposited TiO2 surface has the least energy barrier (ca. 3.5 kcal/mol less than the Pt analogue), explicable with a Bader charge analysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1530-1536 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 Feb |
Keywords
- Au/TiO
- Density-functional theory calculation
- HO dissociation
- Pt/TiO
- TiO
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Fuel Technology
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology