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Ouahrani T, Boufatah RM, Bendaoudi L, Bedrane Z, Morales-García Á, Errandonea D. Theoretical study of electrocatalytic properties of low-dimensional freestanding PbTiO 3 for hydrogen evolution reactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:27457-27467. [PMID: 37796450 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04241c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
Abstract
The discovery of novel materials for catalytic purposes that are highly stable is one of the main challenges nowadays for reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Here, low-dimensional PbTiO3 is introduced as an electrocatalyst using first-principles calculations. Density-functional theory calculations indicate that 2D-PbTiO3 is dynamically and thermodynamically stable. Our results show that a single oxygen defect vacancy in 2D-PbTiO3 can play a key role in enhancing the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), together with the Ti atoms. Our study concludes that the Volmer-Heyrovsky mechanism is a more favorable route to achieve HER than the Volmer-Tafel mechanism, including solvation and vacuum conditions.
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- Tarik Ouahrani
- École supérieure en sciences appliquées, ESSA-Tlemcen, BB 165 RP Bel Horizon, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria
- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Tlemcen 1300, Algeria.
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- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Tlemcen 1300, Algeria.
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- Laboratory of Materials Discovery, Unit of Research Materials and Renewable Energies, LEPM-URMER. Université de Tlemcen 13000, Algeria
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- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Tlemcen 1300, Algeria.
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- Departament de Ciéncia de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teórica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, c/Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada-Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Matter at High Pressure (MALTA) Consolider Team, Universidad de Valencia, Edificio de Investigación, C/Dr Moliner 50, Burjassot, 46100, Valencia, Spain.
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Bendaoudi L, Ouahrani T, Daouli A, Rerbal B, Boufatah RM, Morales-García Á, Franco R, Bedrane Z, Badawi M, Errandonea D. Electronic and electrocatalytic properties of PbTiO 3: unveiling the effect of strain and oxygen vacancy. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:11965-11980. [PMID: 37577968 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01478a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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First-principles calculations based on density-functional theory have been used to investigate the effect of biaxial strain and oxygen vacancy on the electronic, photocatalytic, and electrocatalytic properties of PbTiO3 oxide. Our results show that PbTiO3 has a high exciton binding energy and a band gap that can be easily moderated with different strain regimes. From a reactivity viewpoint, the highly exothermic adsorption of hydrogen atoms in both pristine and strained PbTiO3 structures does not make it a potential electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Fortunately, the presence of oxygen vacancies on the PbTiO3 surface induces moderate adsorption energies, making the reduced PbTiO3 suitable for hydrogen evolution reaction processes.
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- L Bendaoudi
- Laboratory of Materials Discovery, Unit of Research Materials and Renewable Energies, LEPM-URMER, Université de Tlemcen 13000, Algeria
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- École supérieure en sciences appliquées, ESSA-Tlemcen, BB 165 RP Bel Horizon, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria.
- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Tlemcen, BP 119, 13000, Algeria.
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- Université de Lorraine and CNRS, LPCT, UMR 7019, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lés-Nancy, France
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- Laboratory of Materials Discovery, Unit of Research Materials and Renewable Energies, LEPM-URMER, Université de Tlemcen 13000, Algeria
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- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Tlemcen, BP 119, 13000, Algeria.
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- Departament de Ciéncia de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teórica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, c/Martí i Franquès 1-11, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- (MALTA) Consolider Team and Departamento de Química Física y Analítica, Universidad de Oviedo, E-33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Tlemcen, BP 119, 13000, Algeria.
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- Université de Lorraine and CNRS, LPCT, UMR 7019, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lés-Nancy, France
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada - Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Matter at High Pressure (MALTA) Consolider Team, Universidad de Valencia, Edificio de Investigación, C/Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, 46100, Valencia, Spain.
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Ji Q, Xue P, Wu H, Pei Z, Zhu X. Structural Characterizations and Dielectric Properties of Sphere- and Rod-Like PbTiO 3 Powders Synthesized via Molten Salt Synthesis. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2019; 14:62. [PMID: 30790074 PMCID: PMC6384292 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-019-2899-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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By reaction of PbC2O4 and TiO2 in the eutectic NaCl-KCl salts, both sphere- and rod-like PbTiO3 (PTO) powders were synthesized via molten salt synthesis (MSS) and template MSS methods, respectively. X-ray diffraction patterns reveal that all the PTO powders crystallize in a tetragonal phase structure. Increasing the molar ratio of PbC2O4:TiO2:NaCl:KCl from 1:1:10:10 to 1:1:60:60 in the MSS process has little effect on the sphere-like morphology of the PTO powders synthesized at 950 °C for 5 h. Large-scale polycrystalline rod-like PTO powders with diameters of 480 nm-1.50 μm and lengths up to 10 μm were synthesized at 800 °C for 5 h by template MSS method, where the rod-like anatase TiO2 precursors were used as templates and the molar ratio of PbC2O4:TiO2:NaCl:KCl was equal to 1:1:60:60. X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy spectra reveal that all the PTO powders are composed of Pb, Ti, and O elements, and the measured Pb:Ti atomic ratios are close to 1:1. In the template MSS process, the molten salt content plays an important role in forming the rod-like PTO powders. Under low molten salt content, the rod-like PTO powders cannot be synthesized even if the rod-like TiO2 templates are used. In addition, prolonging the reaction time suppressed the formation of rod-like PTO powders but promoted the formation of sphere-like PTO nanoparticles. The dielectric properties the sphere- and rod-like PTO powders were comparatively investigated. At room temperature, the dielectric constant and dielectric loss of the spherical PTO powders synthesized by MSS method with the molar ratio of PbC2O4:TiO2:NaCl:KCl equal to 1:1:30:30 were ~ 340 and 0.06 (measured at 106 Hz), respectively. The corresponding values for the rod-like PTO powders synthesized by template MSS method with the molar ratio of PbC2O4:TiO2:NaCl:KCl equal to 1:1:60:60 were 140 and 0.08, respectively. The present results demonstrate the sphere-like PTO powders have better dielectric properties, which have promising applications in the fields of multilayer capacitors and resonators.
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- Qing Ji
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 China
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Jia J, Liu D, Mao A, Xia X, Kuang X, Xiao Y. A systematic investigation of the geometries, electronic and magnetic properties of Al nAs q ( q = −1, 0, +1; n = 1–16) clusters: a DFT calculation. Mol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2017.1346311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Junwei Jia
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Science, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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