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MXenes Surface Termination under Photoexcitation: Insights from Excited-State Pourbaix Diagrams
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MXenes have emerged as promising materials for photocatalytic hydrogen production, yet their performance is critically dependent on the specific nature of their surface terminations. While Pourbaix diagrams are routinely used to map surface stability under a certain pH and applied external potential (U), they traditionally neglect the influence of photoexcitation on thermodynamic preference. Here, we construct the singlet (S0) ground state and the lowest triplet (T1) excited state Pourbaix diagrams for Sc2C, Y2C, and Zr2C MXenes, which have previously shown promising photoactive properties, to assess how photo- excitation alters surface stability. Our results show that constant photoexcitation can significantly reshape the Pourbaix diagrams, altering the thermodynamically preferred surface terminations and thereby influencing photocatalytic behavior. Across all studied systems, terminations associated with aqueous acidic etching environments (−F,−O,−OH,−H) dominate the stability regions. For Zr2C, this is advantageous since−O termination is both the most stable and photoactive configuration. In contrast, for Sc2C and Y2C, the potentially more active halide and chalcogen terminations are overshadowed by aqueous- and HF-derived groups, suggesting that alternative synthesis routes will be required to stabilize the most photocatalytically favorable terminations.
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ONTIVEROS CRUZ, Diego, VIÑES SOLANA, Francesc i SOUSA ROMERO, Carmen. MXenes Surface Termination under Photoexcitation: Insights from Excited-State Pourbaix Diagrams. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2026. Vol. 18, núm. 11, pàgs. 16573-16582. ISSN 1944-8244. [consulta: 12 de maig de 2026]. Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/229190