Large-Scale Ab Initio Modeling of Hydrogen Production on Stepped Surfaces of \(\text {SrTiO}_3\) Perovskite Nanoparticles
摘要
As recently was observed, photocatalytic activity toward water splitting of strontium titanate \(\text {SrTiO}_3\) (STO) is greatly enhanced by creating multifaceted nanoparticles. To understand this effect, we developed a model for two types of surfaces of this nanoparticle, flat and double-stepped. Large-scale density functional theory calculations of water adsorption on these surfaces were performed, to gain insight into water adsorption on single-stepped surface and focuses on proton migration and thermodynamics of hydrogen evolution reaction within the framework of computational hydrogen electrode. We conclude that ridge positions on single- and double-stepped surfaces are nearly identical in terms of adsorption configurations and energetics.