Hydroxylation of a metal-supported hexagonal boron nitride monolayer by oxygen induced water dissociation

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出版日 2015-05-19

DOI 10.1039/C5CP02494C

インパクトファクター 3.676

著者

Yufeng Guo, Wanlin Guo

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要旨

Hydroxylated hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheets exhibit potential application in nanocomposites and functional surface coating. Our first-principles calculations reveal possible hydroxylation of a h-BN monolayer on a Ni substrate by surface O adatom induced spontaneous dissociation of water molecules. Here one H atom is split from a water molecule by bonding with the O adatom on the B atom and the resulting O–H radical then bonds with an adjacent B atom, which leads to two hydroxyl groups formed on h-BN/Ni. Hydroxylation slightly influences the electronic properties of a Ni-supported h-BN layer. Similar water dissociation and hydroxylation can occur on the surface of O functionalized h-BN/Cu depending on the O adsorption configuration. Metal substrates play an important catalytic role in enhancing the chemical reactivity of O adatoms on h-BN with water molecules through transferring additional charges to them.

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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

CiteScore: 5.5

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