The utilization of renewable energy is the ultimate way to meet the increasing energy demands of our modern society.The efficient storage and utilization of the energy in different ways are the current hot topics in t...The utilization of renewable energy is the ultimate way to meet the increasing energy demands of our modern society.The efficient storage and utilization of the energy in different ways are the current hot topics in the research community.Among them,the solar water splitting,photocatalysis,and lithium–sulfur batteries are with great application promise.The research will provide strategies for the production,storage,and application of energy for industry.展开更多
As a promising photocatalysis material,TiO2 has long been studied by experimental and theoretical methods.The external strain could affect the catalytic reactivity of TiO2 significantly due to the difference in surfac...As a promising photocatalysis material,TiO2 has long been studied by experimental and theoretical methods.The external strain could affect the catalytic reactivity of TiO2 significantly due to the difference in surface elastic properties of different surface structures with different surface adsorption or defects.This article reviews our recent work by using density function theory calculations on the effect of strain on the TiO2 surface properties,including surface relative stability,surface defects,surface adsorption and dissociation.展开更多
文摘The utilization of renewable energy is the ultimate way to meet the increasing energy demands of our modern society.The efficient storage and utilization of the energy in different ways are the current hot topics in the research community.Among them,the solar water splitting,photocatalysis,and lithium–sulfur batteries are with great application promise.The research will provide strategies for the production,storage,and application of energy for industry.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.11974164).
文摘As a promising photocatalysis material,TiO2 has long been studied by experimental and theoretical methods.The external strain could affect the catalytic reactivity of TiO2 significantly due to the difference in surface elastic properties of different surface structures with different surface adsorption or defects.This article reviews our recent work by using density function theory calculations on the effect of strain on the TiO2 surface properties,including surface relative stability,surface defects,surface adsorption and dissociation.