Research Article

Mechanisms of Visible Light Photocatalysis in N-Doped Anatase TiO2 with Oxygen Vacancies from GGA+U Calculations

Table 1

Formation energy and average Mulliken population of various defective models of N-doped TiO2.

TiO2Formation energyMulliken population ( )
ModelTi-richO-richTiON

Pure1.470−0.730
Ns0.214.511.464−0.737−0.620
Ni3.073.071.469−0.728−0.270
Ov1.005.301.435−0.744
NsOv0.479.071.435−0.741−0.750
NiOv4.188.481.419−0.726−0.180