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Charge transfer dynamics is explored at the interfaces of anatase TiO2 nanowire (NW) and molecules (H2O and NH3) by ab initio calculations combined with density matrix formalism. H2O is partially dissociated on the surfaces of TiO2 NW, while NH3 are molecularly adsorbed on the surfaces of TiO2 NW. Compared with the bare NW, the H2O adsorption increases the band gap while NH3 adsorption decreases the band gap. Both the adsorptions enhance the absorption strength. After the adsorption of NH3, the electron on the lowest unoccupied orbital and the hole on the highest occupied orbital can be efficiently separated. For bare, H2O and NH3 adsorbed NWs, the hole excited at low energy deep in the valence band takes longer time to relax to the highest occupied orbital, since at higher excitation energies, holes experience larger number of subsequent elementary relaxation steps. The H2O and NH3 adsorptions greatly enhance the relaxation rates of holes, which may be due to an additional coupling between the electronic states in surfaces of TiO2 NW and vibrational modes contributed by H2O or NH3 and better matching the resonance condition for such transitions. © 2019 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
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ACS Symposium Series
ISSN: 0097-6156
Year: 2019
Volume: 1331
Page: 23-46
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