Theoretical insights into photoinduced charge transfer and catalysis at oxide interfaces

AV Akimov, AJ Neukirch, OV Prezhdo - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
As the world's population increases and substantial industrial growth continues, the energy
demands of society increase rapidly. Although the earth's oil, natural gas, and coal deposits …

Artificial photosynthesis using metal/nonmetal-nitride semiconductors: current status, prospects, and challenges

MG Kibria, Z Mi - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Artificial photosynthesis, ie the chemical transformation of sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
into high-energy-rich fuels is one of the key sustainable energy technologies to enable a …

Alignment of redox levels at semiconductor–water interfaces

Z Guo, F Ambrosio, W Chen, P Gono… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We determine the band alignment between various semiconductors and liquid water by
combining molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of atomistic interface models, electronic …

Nonadiabatic dynamics of positive charge during photocatalytic water splitting on GaN (10-10) surface: charge localization governs splitting efficiency

AV Akimov, JT Muckerman… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Photochemical water splitting is a promising avenue to sustainable, clean energy and fuel
production. Gallium nitride (GaN) and its solid solutions are excellent photocatalytic …

The fundamental surface science of wurtzite gallium nitride

VM Bermudez - Surface Science Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
A review is presented that covers the experimental and theoretical literature relating to the
preparation, electronic structure and chemical and physical properties of the surfaces of the …

Pit assisted oxygen chemisorption on GaN surfaces

M Mishra, SK TC, N Aggarwal, M Kaur… - Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A comprehensive analysis of oxygen chemisorption on epitaxial gallium nitride (GaN) films
grown at different substrate temperatures via RF-molecular beam epitaxy was carried out …

Photocatalytic water oxidation at the GaN (101̅0)− water interface

X Shen, YA Small, J Wang, PB Allen… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Domen has observed that the GaN/ZnO semiconductor alloy serves, in the presence of a
sacrificial electron scavenger, as a photocatalyst for solar water oxidation, producing H+ and …

ZnO (1010) surface Hydroxylation under ambient water vapor

JT Newberg, C Goodwin, C Arble… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The interaction of water vapor with a single crystal ZnO (101̅0) surface was investigated
using synchrotron-based ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS). Two …

Electronic and chemical structure of the H2O/GaN(0001) interface under ambient conditions

X Zhang, S Ptasinska - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
We employed ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to investigate the
electronic and chemical properties of the H2O/GaN (0001) interface under elevated …

Water aggregation and dissociation on the ZnO (101 [combining macron] 0) surface

S Kenmoe, PU Biedermann - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A comprehensive search for stable structures in the low coverage regime (0–1 ML) and at 2
ML and 3 ML using DFT revealed several new aggregation states of water on the non-polar …