Interfacial and Alloying Effects on Activation of Ethanol from First-Principles

被引:24
作者
An, Wei [1 ]
Men, Yong [1 ]
Wang, Jinguo [1 ]
Liu, Ping [2 ]
机构
[1] Shanghai Univ Engn Sci, Coll Chem & Chem Engn, Shanghai 201620, Peoples R China
[2] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Dept Chem, Upton, NY 11973 USA
基金
上海市自然科学基金; 中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION; OXIDIZING ETHANOL; H-2; PRODUCTION; BIO-ETHANOL; CATALYSTS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; RH; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROOXIDATION;
D O I
10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12720
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We present a first-principles density-functional theory study of ethanol activation at oxide/Rh(111) interface and the alloying effect on mitigating carbon deposition, which are essential to direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC) anode reaction and steam reforming of ethanol (SRE) reaction. Our calculated results show that charge can transfer from Rh(111) substrate to MO, chain (e.g., MoO3 and MnO2), or from MO, chain (e.g., MgO, SnO2, ZrO2, and TiO2) to Rh(111) substrate. The OH-binding strength is increased exponentially with M delta+ charge ranging from 1.4 to 2.2, which renders MnO2/ Rh(111) and MgO/Rh(111) interfaces weaker OH-binding, and thereby enhanced oxidizing functionality of OH* for promoting ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) at DEFC anode. For efficient C-C bond breaking, a large number of Rh ensemble sizes are critically needed at the interface of MOX / Rh(111). We found that Rh1Au3 near surface alloy has the weakest C* and CO* binding, followed by Rh1Cu3 and Rh1Pd3 near surface alloys, while Rh(1)lr(3) and Rh1Ru3 surface alloys have C* and CO* binding strength similar to that of pure Rh metal. The general implication of this study is that by engineering alloyed structure of weakened C* and CO* binding complemented with metal oxides of weakened OH -binding, high-performance DEFC anode or SRE catalysts can be identified.
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页码:5603 / 5611
页数:9
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