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Dong-Bo Cao

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PubMed2006

Density function theory study of CO adsorption on Fe3O4(111) surface.

Density functional theory calculations have been carried out for CO adsorption on the Fe(oct2)- and Fe(tet1)-terminated Fe(3)O(4)(111) surfaces, which are considered as active catalysts in water-gas shift reaction. It is found that the on-top configurations are most stable on these two surfaces. Some bridge configurations are also stable in which the new C-O bond formed between the surface O atom and the C atom of CO. The adsorption on the Fe(oct2)-terminated surface is more stable than on the Fe(tet1)-terminated surface. The density of state reveals the binding mechanism of CO adsorption on the two surfaces. Our calculations have also shown that the absorbed CO can migrate from the on-top site to the bridge site or 3-fold site. The oxidation of CO via surface oxygen atoms is feasible, which is in good agreement with experimental results.

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PubMed2006

CO2 reforming of CH4 on Ni(111): a density functional theory calculation.

CO(2) reforming of CH(4) on Ni(111) was investigated by using density functional theory. On the basis of thermodynamic analyses, the first step is CH(4) sequential dissociation into surface CH (CH(4) --> CH(3) --> CH(2) --> CH) and hydrogen, and CO(2) dissociation into surface CO and O (CO(2) --> CO + O). The second step is CH oxygenation into CHO (CH + O --> CHO), which is more favored than dissociation into C and hydrogen (CH --> C + H). The third step is the dissociation of CHO into surface CO and H (CHO --> CO + H). This can explain the enhanced selectivity toward the formation of CO and H(2) on Ni catalysts. It is found that surface carbon formation by the Bouduard back reaction (2CO = C((ads)) + CO(2)) is more favored than by CH(4) sequential dehydrogenation. The major problem of CO(2) reforming of CH(4) is the very strong CO adsorption on Ni(111), which results in the accumulation of CO on the surface and hinders the subsequent reactions and promotes carbon deposition. Therefore, promoting CO desorption should maintain the reactivity and stability of Ni catalysts. The computed energy barriers of the most favorable elementary reaction identify the CH(4) activation into CH(3) and H as the rate-determining step of CO(2) reforming of CH(4) on Ni(111), in agreement with the isotopic experimental results.

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PubMed2005

Chemisorption of CO2 on nickel surfaces.

CO2 chemisorption on the Ni(111), Ni(100), and Ni(110) surfaces was investigated at the level of density functional theory. It was found that the ability of CO2 chemisorption is in the order of Ni(110) > Ni(100) > Ni(111). CO2 has exothermic chemisorption on Ni(110) and endothermic chemisorption on Ni(111), while it is thermally neutral on Ni(100). It is also found that there is no significant lateral interaction between the adsorbed CO2 at 1/4 monolayer (ML) coverage, while there is stronger repulsive interaction at 1/2 ML. On all surfaces, the chemisorbed CO2 is partially negatively charged, indicating the enhanced electron transfer, and the stronger the electron transfer, the stronger the C=O bond elongation. The bonding nature of the adsorbed CO2 on nickel surfaces has been analyzed. The thermodynamics of CO2 dissociative chemisorption, compared with CO and O adsorption, has been discussed, and the thermodynamic preference is in the sequence Ni(100) > Ni(111) > Ni(110).

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PubMed2005

Structures and energies of coadsorbed CO and H2 on Fe5C2(001), Fe5C2(110), and Fe5C2(100).

Density functional theory calculations have been carried out on the CO/H2 coadsorption on the (001), (110), and (100) surfaces of Fe5C2 for the understanding of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) mechanism. The stable surface species changes with the variation of the H2 and CO coverage. Along with dissociated hydrogen and adsorbed CO in 2-, 3-, and 4-fold configurations, methylidyne (C(s)H) (C(s), surface carbon), ketenylidene (C(s)CO), ketenyl (C(s)HCO), ketene (C(s)H2CO), and carbon suboxide (C(s)C2O2) are computed as thermodynamically stable surface species on Fe5C2(001) and Fe5C2(110) containing both surface iron and carbon atoms. These surface carbon species can be considered as the preliminary stages for FTS. On Fe5C2(100) with only iron atoms on the surface layer, the stable surface species is dissociated hydrogen and CO with top and 2-fold configurations. The bonding nature of these adsorbed carbon species has been analyzed.

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PubMed2005

Density functional theory study of hydrogen adsorption on Fe5C2(001), Fe5C2(110), and Fe5C2(100).

Density functional theory calculations have been carried out for hydrogen adsorption on the (001), (110), and (100) surfaces of Fe5C2. At 1/3 and 2/3 monolyer (ML) on (001), the most stable hydrocarbon species is CsH, while CsH and CsH3 can coexist at 1 ML. On (110), only dissociated hydrogen is found at 2/5 ML, while CsH is the most stable hydrogen carbon species at 4/5 ML, and CsH and CH3 coexist at 6/5 ML. On (001) and (110) surfaces, CsH2 is less stable and can dissociate into CsH or convert into CsH3, respectively. These results are in agreement with the experimental observations. On the metallic Fe5C2(100) surface which lacks surface carbon atoms on the surface monolayer, dissociated hydrogen is found at 1/2 ML, while both dissociated hydrogen and activated H2 are found at 1 ML.

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