Binding sites of water molecules on GaN (100) surface: DFT calculations

Dongping Liu; Yu Zhu; Hong Guo; Hakima Abou-Rachid; Mounir Jaidann; Zetian Mi

doi:10.1117/12.912714

19 September 2011 Binding sites of water molecules on GaN (100) surface: DFT calculations

Dongping Liu, Yu Zhu, Hong Guo, Hakima Abou-Rachid, Mounir Jaidann, Zetian Mi

Proceedings Volume 8109, Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology VI; 81090H (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912714
Event: SPIE Solar Energy + Technology, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Recently, preliminary experimental results of solar-to-hydrogen generation by wafer level InGaN nanowires were reported [Z. Mi et al. Nano Lett., 2011, 11 (6), pp 2353-2357]. In the present paper we report a theoretical investigation on the dissociation process of water molecules on wurtzite GaN (100) surface (M-Plane) using the density functional theory (DFT). We calculated the structure and energetic of the water adsorption, reaction barrier energies and pathway for water dissociation. The results suggest that the absorption of H2O is more favorable near Gallium atoms than near Nitrogen atoms and we determined the likely binding sites of water molecules on GaN (100) surface. We also analyzed a model for hydrogen evolution reaction on GaN (100) that involves three steps, where a water molecule first dissociates into a hydrogen atom plus the OH group, followed by the dissociation of the hydroxyl group, and finally the two hydrogen atoms recombine to form molecular hydrogen. For these reactions, the atomic positions and the reaction barriers were determined.

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Dongping Liu, Yu Zhu, Hong Guo, Hakima Abou-Rachid, Mounir Jaidann, and Zetian Mi "Binding sites of water molecules on GaN (100) surface: DFT calculations", Proc. SPIE 8109, Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology VI, 81090H (19 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912714

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