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Tuning the electron injection mechanism by changing the adsorption mode: the case study of Alizarin on TiO2

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MATERIALS TODAY ENERGY
卷 28, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2022.101085

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TiO2 nanoparticles; Alizarin dye; Charge transfer mechanism; Simulated absorption spectra; TDDFT

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  1. European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union [647020]
  2. European Research Council (ERC) [647020] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)

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Functionalized titanium dioxide nanoparticles with fluorescent dyes were studied for their adsorption behavior and optical properties. The study found that the adsorption mode of the dye on the nanoparticles affected the charge transfer mechanism, and manipulating the shape of the nanoparticles could control the injection mechanism.
Functionalized titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) with intense fluorescent dyes are a promising tool for several technological applications ranging from photochemistry, photocatalysis, photovoltaics, photodynamic therapy, or bioimaging. Here, we present the case study of Alizarin adsorption on TiO2 NPs of different shapes and increasing size up to 2.2 nm (700 atoms), by means of density functional theory calculations. We find that Alizarin can bind in three different ways, depending on the number and the type of bonds between Alizarin and TiO2: 'tridented', 'bidented', and 'chelated'. Next, we investigate the optical properties of these systems by time-dependent density functional theory calculations. Based on the absorption spectra and the Kohn-Sham orbitals analysis, we discovered that the mechanism of electron injection depends on the Alizarin binding mode to the TiO2 surface. While for bidented and chelated adsorption modes, a direct charge transfer is observed; for the tridented one, an indirect mechanism governs the charge transfer process following the excitation. Our results are in good agree-ment with existing experimental data and suggest that by tailoring the shape of the TiO2 NPs and, thus, determining the type of undercoordinated Ti atoms prevalently exposed at the surface, it is possible to control the predominant injection mechanism.(c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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