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表面氧空位对Cu $_2$ O超快热载流子弛豫和输运的重要性

Importance of surface oxygen vacancies for ultrafast hot carrier relaxation and transport in Cu$_2$O

Chiara Ricca, Lisa Grad, Matthias Hengsberger, Jürg Osterwalder, Ulrich Aschauer

摘要:

Cu $_2$ O作为光电化学水分解电极具有吸引人的特性,但其实际性能受到界面电荷提取效率低下的严重限制。利用混合密度泛函理论,我们研究了在实验上观察到的($\sqrt{3} \times \sqrt{3}$)R30 $^{\circ}$重构的主(111)面中氧空位(V $_\mathrm{O}$)对载流子的俘获过程.我们的研究结果表明,这些V $_\mathrm{O}$是双电离和相关的缺陷态强烈抑制电子输运。特别地,单电荷V $_\mathrm{O}$的激发电子态在非辐射电子捕获过程中起着至关重要的作用,其捕获系数约为10 $^{-9}$ ~cm $^3$ /s,寿命为0.04~ps,解释了实验观察到的超快载流子弛豫。这些结果强调,工程的表面V $_\mathrm{O}$化学将是一个关键的步骤,优化铜$_2$ O光电极应用。

英文摘要:

Cu$_2$O has appealing properties as an electrode for photo-electrochemical water splitting, yet its practical performance is severely limited by inefficient charge extraction at the interface. Using hybrid DFT calculations, we investigate carrier capture processes by oxygen vacancies (V$_\mathrm{O}$) in the experimentally observed ($\sqrt{3} \times \sqrt{3}$)R30$^{\circ}$ reconstruction of the dominant (111) surface. Our results show that these V$_\mathrm{O}$ are doubly ionized and that associated defects states strongly suppress electron transport. In particular, the excited electronic state of a singly charged V$_\mathrm{O}$ plays a crucial role in the non-radiative electron capture process with a capture coefficient of about 10$^{-9}$~cm$^3$/s and a lifetime of 0.04~ps, explaining the experimentally observed ultrafast carrier relaxation. These results highlight that engineering the surface V$_\mathrm{O}$ chemistry will be a crucial step in optimizing Cu$_2$O for photoelectrode applications.

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