First-principles calculation of adsorption and oxidation of mercury on the Ti2NO2 MXene surface
Mercury is a toxic heavy metal,and mercury emitted in various forms in production and life poses a certain degree of threat to ecology and human health.Therefore,it is of great importance to find highly effective mercury adsorbents.Based on the first-principles calculation method of density functional theory,the adsorp-tion and oxidation mechanism of mercury on Ti2NO2(MXene)and Ti2NO2 with an oxygen vacancy(Ov-Ti2NO2)defect was studied.The calculation results show that the adsorption of Hg0 on the surface of Ti2NO2 is phys-ical adsorption and the adsorption on the surface of Ov-Ti2NO2is chemical adsorption.The presence of oxygen vacancies on the surface of Ti2NO2 can improve the interaction between HgO and Ov-Ti2NO2,thereby increas-ing the adsorption energy by 116 kJ/mol.The reaction barrier of Hg0oxidation to HgO on the surface of Ov-Ti2NO2 is 92.55 kJ/mol,which is smaller than the energy barrier of its oxidation reaction on the surface of Ti2 NO2(101.42 kJ/mol),which is more conducive to the oxidation of Hg0.In addition,the energy required for the de-sorption of HgO on Ov-Ti2NO2 surface is 226.18 kJ/mol,which is much higher than that of 110.49 kJ/mol on Ti2NO2 surface,indicating that the Ov-Ti2NO2 has better control ability of product HgO than Ti2NO2,which can inhibit secondary pollution caused by HgO desorption.