MATERIALS LETTERS
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2015
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IF 2.489
Jingzhong Zhao,Weiqiang Xing,Yang Li,Kathy Lu
Oxygen-deficient anatase TiO 2 sheets with dominant (001) facets are becoming a hot research topic due to their promising high activity in heterogeneous reactions . In this work, a series of (001) facets dominated TiO 2 with distributed oxygen vacancies and Ti 3+ was prepared by a simple hydrothermal method with the TiB 2 as a precursor. The as-prepared powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and UV–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV–vis). The results show that the particle size of as-prepared TiO 2 increases and its band gap narrows with the hydrothermal temperature increasing from 140 °C to 180 °C. Besides, oxygen vacancies and Ti 3+ are generated during the TiB 2 hydrolysis, which leads to new absorption spectrum in the visible light region. Photocatalytic test shows that sample prepared at 180 °C presents the highest degradation efficiency.
研究领域:
材料科学
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光催化
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纳米材料
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表面化学
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半导体材料
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高影响因子
MATERIALS & DESIGN
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2017
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IF 4.364
Puhong Wen,Lili Ai,Taotao Liu,Dengwei Hu,Fangyi Yao
The regular orthorhombic Nb 2 O 5 (O-Nb 2 O 5 ) rectangle nanosheets dominantly exposed (010) facet are synthesized by a hydrothermal topological reaction with a precursor of K 4 Nb 6 O 17 ·4.5H 2 O (KNbO). The structure and morphology of the samples obtained at different temperatures and pH values of reacting solution are investigated. The results suggest that there are two topological reactions in this process. One is the acid-exchanging reaction transforming into H 4 Nb 6 O 17 ·3H 2 O (HNbO) nanosheets from KNbO rectangle nanosheets , and the other is dehydration reaction transforming into O-Nb 2 O 5 rectangle nanosheets from HNbO nanosheets. And the {010} facets of O-Nb 2 O 5 crystal are transformed from the {010} facets of HNbO crystal in the ingenious topological reaction. The photoelectric performance of the obtained O-Nb 2 O 5 nanosheets is evaluated by decomposing water to H 2 under 370 nm UV light illumination and measuring the accompanying photocurrent . The photocurrent density is 680 nA·cm − 2 generated by splitting water with O-Nb 2 O 5 nanosheets as photocatalyst , and it is 4.3 times of the contrast sample. The result indicates that the (010) facet of O-Nb 2 O 5 is one of the highest photocatalytic active surfaces and shows high photoelectric conversion efficiency. Thus, the O-Nb 2 O 5 nanosheets dominantly exposed (010) facet have potential applications in photocatalyst and photoelectric nanodevices .
研究领域:
材料科学
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光催化
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纳米材料
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无机化学
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能源材料
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DOI
高影响因子
MATERIALS & DESIGN
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2017
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IF 4.364
Puhong Wen,Lili Ai,Fenyan Wei,Dengwei Hu,Jingjing Guo,Fangyi Yao,Taotao Liu
The crystalline hexagonal Nb 2 O 5 (H-Nb 2 O 5 ) nanobelt clusters dominantly exposed (− 110) facet are firstly synthesized by a hydrothermal topological reaction with a precursor of fiber-like K 2 Nb 2 O 6 ·H 2 O. The structure and morphology of samples obtained at different temperatures and times are investigated. There are two steps in the synthesis process. One is the acid-exchanging reaction transforming into amorphous phase protonated niobate (HNO), and the other is dehydration reaction transforming into H-Nb 2 O 5 , and simultaneous dissolution reaction which forms nanobelt cluster morphology from the fiber-like particle. The formation mechanism of H-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt clusters has been proposed in detail. After photo-reduced reaction between the H-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt clusters and AgNO 3 solution, the dominantly exposed (− 110) facet of H-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt is homogeneously covered by Ag nanoparticles . The photo-electrochemical performance of the obtained H-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt clusters and Ag deposited H-Nb 2 O 5 (Ag-Nb 2 O 5 ) nanobelt clusters as photocatalysts are evaluated by splitting water under simulated sunlight illumination, and the generated photocurrent of Ag-Nb 2 O 5 sample is 10.73 μA, which is 535 times that of the H-Nb 2 O 5 sample. The results demonstrate that the Ag-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt clusters have a high photo-electrochemical performance as well as good sunlight photoelectric conversion efficiency.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米科技
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光催化
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能源化学
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半导体材料
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电化学
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太阳能转换
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高影响因子
RSC Advances
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2017
·Vol. 7
·期 59
·36867-36875
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IF 3.108
Fangyan Liu,Jia Ni,Hui Hao,Wei Wang,Wei Chen,Lijie Zhang,Chao Zou,Yun Yang,Shaoming Huang
Pd-based nanostructures with stepped facets possess potential applications in many fields, particularly in catalysis. Generally, crystal growth often only allows the formation of nanostructures with energetically non-stepped facets, so it is desirable to develop methods that can be used to prepare Pd-based nanostructures bounded by stepped facets. Herein, penta-fold twinned (PFT) Au@Pd nanobipyramids (NBs) with stepped {100} facets were synthesized through growing Pd on Au decahedral nanoparticles (NPs) in polyol. During the growth of Au@Pd NBs, Br− was a critical factor, because it has appropriate affinity for the Pd atom and adjusted the growth rate ratio along 〈110〉 and 〈100〉, resulting in the formation of Au@Pd NBs with stepped {100} facets. The product shape and size could be tailored by controlling the reaction conditions. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), high angle annular dark field (HAADF) imaging and scanning transmission electron microscopy EDS (STEM-EDS) were used to investigate the structure and growth of the Au@Pd NBs. A growth mechanism involving two stages was elucidated. In the first stage, the growth of Pd clearly occurred along both 〈110〉 and 〈100〉. In the second stage, the growth along 〈110〉 was faster than that along 〈100〉. Furthermore, we also demonstrated that the as-prepared Au@Pd NBs had high catalytic activity, compared with Pd nanocubes and Pd–Au–Pd segmental nanorods.
研究领域:
纳米材料化学
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催化科学
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无机合成
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表面科学
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电化学
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高影响因子
RSC Advances
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2016
·Vol. 6
·期 67
·62675-62679
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IF 3.289
Yongzheng Wang,Jing Ye,Yu Shen,Mingjiang Xie,Shuangshuang Yang,Chao Liu,Xiangke Guo,Luming Peng,Weiping Ding,Xuefeng Guo
Anatase-type titania with ultrathin nanosheet morphology and sintering-resistant structure was constructed from monolayer titanate nanosheets isolated by uniform silica nanoparticles. The obtained anatase titania nanosheets possess high accessible surface area, ultrathin thickness (∼0.6 nm), dominant (116) facets exposed, wide bandgap and exhibits excellent photocatalytic activity.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米科技
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光催化
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无机化学
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能源材料
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DOI
高影响因子
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
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2011
·Vol. 21
·期 20
·7296-7301
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IF 5.101
Jungang Hou,Rui Cao,Zheng Wang,Shuqiang Jiao,Hongmin Zhu
Single-crystalline chromium doped bismuth titanate (Bi4Ti3−xCrxO12, x = 0.0–0.5) nanosheets with exposed {110} facets have been synthesized via a facile hydrothermal process. The Bi4Ti3−xCrxO12nanosheets possess well-defined tetragonal shapes with landscape dimension of 100–300 nm and thickness of 10–30 nm. The in-plane surfaces of the nanosheets lies on {001}, and the side surfaces are (110) and (10). Extension of the light absorption from the ultraviolet region to the visible-light region arises from the Cr 2p levels confirmed by XPS spectra. The Bi4Ti2.6Cr0.4O12 nanosheets with high stability showed the highest photocatalytic performance of H2 evolution from water under visible-light irradiation. Furthermore, the heterostructures by using the NiOx nanoparticles tightly coupled on the surface of Bi4Ti2.6Cr0.4O12 nanosheets, exhibited an enhanced photocatalytic activity due to the decrease in the recombination rate of the photoinduced electrons and holes, demonstrating that NiOx/Bi4Ti2.6Cr0.4O12 nanosheet is a promising candidate as a visible light photocatalyst.
研究领域:
材料科学
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光催化
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纳米材料
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能源化学
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半导体物理
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表面科学
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无机化学
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高影响因子
Nanoscale
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2021
·Vol. 13
·期 23
·10393-10401
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IF 7.79
Xiaodong Hao,Shuai Zhang,Yang Xu,Liangyu Tang,Kazutoshi Inoue,Mitsuhiro Saito,Shufang Ma,Chunlin Chen,Bingshe Xu,Tadafumi Adschiri,Yuichi Ikuhara
Surfactant plays a remarkable role in determining the growth process (facet exposition) of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) and the formation of self-assembled NC superstructures, the underlying mechanism of which, however, still requires elucidation. In this work, the mechanism of surfactant-mediated morphology evolution and self-assembly of CeO2 nanocrystals is elucidated by exploring the effect that surfactant modification has on the shape, size, exposed facets, and arrangement of the CeO2 NCs. It is directly proved that surfactant molecules determine the morphologies of the CeO2 NCs by preferentially bonding onto Ce-terminated {100} facets, changing from large truncated octahedra (mostly {111} and {100} exposed), to cubes (mostly {100} exposed) and small cuboctahedra (mostly {100} and {111} exposed) by increasing the amount of surfactant. The exposure degree of the {100} facets largely affects the concentration of Ce3+ in the CeO2 NCs, thus the cubic CeO2 NCs exhibit superior oxygen storage capacity and excellent supercapacitor performance due to a high fraction of exposed active {100} facets with great superstructure stability.
研究领域:
材料化学
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纳米科学
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催化化学
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电化学
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无机功能材料
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DOI
高影响因子
EES Catalysis
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2023
·Vol. 1
·期 3
·312-321
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IF 0
Yiqiao Wang,Siyuan Pan,Huan Li,Dewang Li,Yong Guo,Sijia Chi,Chuannan Geng,Shichao Wu,Quan-Hong Yang
Despite lithium–air batteries having unprecedented theoretical energy supremacy, rambling Li2O2 growth typically impedes O2 diffusion and electron transfer, causing low capacity, poor charging kinetics and short cycle life. Herein, we propose synergistic catalysis in the cathode by engineering the crystal facet of Fe2O3 nanoplates and introducing a visible light-excited photochemical effect. The growth of Li2O2 is regulated with a uniform distribution, mitigating local product aggregation and thus reducing the barriers of O2 diffusion and electron transfer. The improved reaction kinetics lead to ∼420% capacity improvement, low charge potential, superior rate performance, and long-term stability (300 cycles) in actual air. We reveal a mechanism that photoelectrons around each catalyst node and the resultant homogeneous internal electric field increase charge transfer, decrease soluble intermediates, and enable high electrochemical reversibility of amorphous Li2O2 with an ordered process. This study provides inspiring insights for future research into controlling product ordering in Li–air batteries.
研究领域:
电化学
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纳米材料科学
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能源化学
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催化化学
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电池技术
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Nano Select
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2021
·Vol. 2
·期 11
·2135-2147
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IF 0
Puhong Wen,Xiaowen Jiang,Qian He,Dengwei Hu,Lijun Ren,Weixing Zhao
The tetragonal phase Nb 2 O 5 (T-Nb 2 O 5 ) nanobelts with preferentially exposed the (010) facet have been successfully prepared for the first time by insitu topological reaction using the KNb 3 O 8 nanobelts as the precursor. Meanwhile, the transformation mechanism of the crystal structure and morphology from the layered KNb 3 O 8 nanobelt to the T-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt was revealed in detail by using XRD, FE-SEM, TEM, HRTEM, SAED, UV-vis DRS, EDX, XPS, and Raman spectra. In addition, Ag deposited T-Nb 2 O 5 (Ag/T-Nb 2 O 5 ) nanobelts were prepared by photo-reduction reaction. The photoelectrochemical properties of the T-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelts and Ag/T-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelts as a photocatalyst were evaluated by splitting water under simulated sunlight. The results show that the photocurrent density generated by the prepared Ag/T-Nb 2 O 5 sample is 48.1 µA∙cm −2 , which is 2.3 times that of the T-Nb 2 O 5 sample, and the prepared tetragonal phase T-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelts produce a photocurrent value 1.5 times that of the contrast orthogonal phase O-Nb 2 O 5 nanosheets. It indicates that the (010) facet of the tetragonal phase Nb 2 O 5 is one of the highest photocatalytic active surfaces, and the visible light utilization efficiency of the T-Nb 2 O 5 nanobelt with Ag deposited on the surface has been significantly improved, which implies that it has potential applications in the field of photocatalysis.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米科技
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光催化
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能源化学
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半导体材料
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表面科学
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DOI
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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2014
·Vol. 2
·期 32
·12835-12848
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IF 0
Zhanjun Chen,Ruirui Zhao,Peng Du,Hang Hu,Tao Wang,Licai Zhu,Hongyu Chen
Alternative micro-sized LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 spinels with octahedral structure (showing only one type of {111} crystal face) or chamfered polyhedral structure with extra other faces have been synthesized via a controllable method. A possible growth model, complexing–pyrolyzing-oriented, is also proposed for the formation of chamfered polyhedral LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 spinel based on the experimental results in this paper. The chamfered polyhedral LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 can provide a large capacity of 103 mA h g−1 even at a discharge rate as high as 50 C, which is far superior to that of the octahedral structure. Besides, the capacity retentions of the chamfered polyhedral composites are found to be 90.82% at 25 °C after 500 cycles and 90.00% at 55 °C after 200 cycles, which are also better than those of the octahedral composites. These results represent the first experimental evidence for lattice-plane anisotropy in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 crystals. Moreover, the pseudo-sphere structure is beneficial for obtaining high volumetric energy density and excellent processability in practical applications. In short, we have revealed for the first time that, through chamfering an octahedron to a pseudo-sphere-like polyhedron rather than doping or coating, a micro-sized LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 spinel with good compatibility between energy/power density and cycle life can be synthesized successfully without sacrificing other properties.
研究领域:
材料科学
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电化学
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能源存储
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无机固体化学
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纳米结构材料
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Solar RRL
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2021
·Vol. 6
·期 4
·2100798
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IF 8.582
Manjing Wang,Sanlong Wang,Qixing Zhang,Sanjiang Pan,Ying Zhao,Xiaodan Zhang
Finding a cost-effective semiconductor with commercial performance for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting remains challenging. Sb 2 Se 3 , as a low-cost semiconductor, has excellent photo/electric properties for PEC water splitting. Via adjusting the Sb/Se ratio in the precursor ink, the Sb 2 Se 3 with favorable crystallographic orientation can be effectively controlled. The ink with an atomic ratio of Sb/Se = 1:3 induces the growth of a compact Sb 2 Se 3 film with a preferred orientation, resulting in rapid charge transport and high photocurrent. After depositing TiO 2 and Pt in turn, the photocathode with a structure of FTO/Au/Sb 2 Se 3 /TiO 2 /Pt exhibits a photocurrent density of 11.3 mA cm −2 at 0 V RHE . An unassisted solar water splitting device integrating the Sb 2 Se 3 -based photocathode with an inorganic perovskite photovoltaic cell achieves a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 2.45%. The efficient Sb 2 Se 3 -based photocathode shows promising potential for solar fuel production.
研究领域:
材料科学
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物理化学
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能源化学
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半导体光电化学
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可再生能源
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高影响因子
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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2018
·Vol. 20
·期 27
·18455-18462
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IF 3.906
Xiangyang Duan,Chao Ma,Wentao Jin,Xiaoman Ma,Lu’an Guo,Su-Huai Wei,Jinying Yu,Yelong Wu
A simple and efficient top-down strategy, the chemical vapor etching method, is reported for synthesizing corrugated ZnO nano/micro rods (NRs). The stabilization mechanism of this unique nanostructure has been determined through a combination of aberration-corrected field emission scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and first-principles calculations. The experimental data are in good agreement with the theoretical calculations, and a remarkable nonpolar-to-polar surface faceting transition is demonstrated. The corrugated-shaped structure results from the remarkable stability of the defect-induced reconstructions (O vacancy, Zn–Zn dimer), which makes the high-index polar {301} and {10} planes lower in energy compared to the nonpolar {100} plane. Based on the results of first-principles surface calculations, a general formula is established to provide an accurate description of the unusual size effect of the length of the corrugated unit vs. the NR diameter, and it also offers direct explanations for certain experimental observations. The present study deepens our atomic-level understanding of the detailed structure and stability of polar surface decorated corrugated ZnO NRs, and points to a viable path towards designing polar-stable wurtzite structures.
研究领域:
材料科学
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纳米科技
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表面科学
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凝聚态物理
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计算材料学
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高影响因子
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