Water
on Graphene-Coated TiO2: Role of Atomic Vacancies
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Beyond
two-dimensional (2D) materials, interfaces between 2D materials and
underlying supports or 2D-coated metal or metal oxide nanoparticles
exhibit excellent properties and promising applications. The hybrid
interface between graphene and anatase TiO2 shows great
importance in photocatalytic, catalytic, and nanomedical applications
due to the excellent and complementary properties of the two materials.
Water, as a ubiquitous and essential element in practical conditions
and in the human body, plays a significant role in the applications
of graphene/TiO2 composites for both electronic devices
and nanomedicine. Carbon vacancies, as common defects in chemically
prepared graphene, also need to be considered for the application
of graphene-based materials. Therefore, the behavior of water on top
and at the interface of defective graphene on anatase TiO2 surface was systematically investigated by dispersion-corrected
hybrid density functional calculations. The presence of the substrate
only slightly enhances the on-top adsorption and reduces the on-top
dissociation of water on defective graphene. However, at the interface,
dissociated water is largely preferred compared with undissociated
water on bare TiO2 surface, showing a prominent cover effect.
Reduced TiO2 may further induce oxygen diffusion into the
bulk. Our results are helpful to understand how the presence of water
in the surrounding environment affects structural and electronic properties
of the graphene/TiO2 interface and thus its application
in photocatalysis, electronic devices, and nanomedicine.
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Datteo, Martina; Liu, Hongsheng; Valentin, Cristiana Di (2018). Water
on Graphene-Coated TiO2: Role of Atomic Vacancies. ACS Publications. Collection. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b18087
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AUTHORS (3)
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Martina Datteo
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Hongsheng Liu
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Cristiana Di Valentin
KEYWORDS
Atomic Vacanciesanatase TiO 2Graphene-Coated TiO 2carbon vacancieson-top adsorption2 D materials2 D-coated metalgraphene-based materialson-top dissociationReduced TiO 2TiO 2 surfaceundissociated waterinterfaceanatase TiO 2 surfacemetal oxide nanoparticles exhibitnanomedical applicationsoxygen diffusion