TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative computational study of CO 2 dissociation and hydrogenation over Fe-M (M = Pd, Ni, Co) bimetallic catalysts
T2 - The effect of surface metal content
AU - Nie, Xiaowa
AU - Wang, Haozhi
AU - Liang, Zhiming
AU - Yu, Zhenzi
AU - Zhang, Jiajin
AU - Janik, Michael J.
AU - Guo, Xinwen
AU - Song, Chunshan
PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to study CO 2 adsorption, dissociation and hydrogenation over Fe-M (M = Pd, Ni, Co) bimetallic catalysts, with a focus on probing the effect of surface content of the added transition metals to Fe. Various Fe-M bimetallic surfaces were constructed with varied surface atomic ratios of Fe/(Fe + M), based on which CO 2 and atomic H∗adsorptions were systematically examined. The H∗was found to be energetically favorable adsorbed at the 4-fold hollow site of Fe-M catalysts and the adsorption stability was slightly impacted by the surface content of the introduced transition metal. For CO 2 adsorption, stable bent structures adsorbed on the 4-fold hollow sites were identified on Fe-Ni and Fe-Co surfaces, no matter at which Fe-M formulations. However, on Fe-Pd surfaces, CO 2 adsorption configurations were found to be sensitive to surface Pd content, resulting in large distinctions in adsorption stabilities of CO 2 as compared to Fe-Co and Fe-Ni surfaces. CO 2 dissociation and initial hydrogenation were comparatively investigated on Fe-M bimetallic surfaces, and the calculation results demonstrated that CO 2 conversion properties are similar over Fe-Ni and Fe-Co catalysts, with CO∗and HCOO∗as the preferred intermediates but the barriers are still above 0.8 eV. While on Fe-Pd bimetallic surfaces, CO 2 reactions exhibit significant distinctions with varying the surface Pd content, showing a dramatic preference (E act around 0.3∼0.4 eV) towards HCOO∗and CO∗formation at surface Pd/(Pd + Fe) atomic ratios of 4/9 and 5/9. The superior catalytic activities of Fe-Pd catalysts are attributed to the particular surface structures and electronic features at specific bimetallic formulations which result in unique adsorption configurations of CO 2 and facilitate the stabilization of transition states in CO∗and HCOO∗formation pathways in CO 2 conversion.
AB - Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to study CO 2 adsorption, dissociation and hydrogenation over Fe-M (M = Pd, Ni, Co) bimetallic catalysts, with a focus on probing the effect of surface content of the added transition metals to Fe. Various Fe-M bimetallic surfaces were constructed with varied surface atomic ratios of Fe/(Fe + M), based on which CO 2 and atomic H∗adsorptions were systematically examined. The H∗was found to be energetically favorable adsorbed at the 4-fold hollow site of Fe-M catalysts and the adsorption stability was slightly impacted by the surface content of the introduced transition metal. For CO 2 adsorption, stable bent structures adsorbed on the 4-fold hollow sites were identified on Fe-Ni and Fe-Co surfaces, no matter at which Fe-M formulations. However, on Fe-Pd surfaces, CO 2 adsorption configurations were found to be sensitive to surface Pd content, resulting in large distinctions in adsorption stabilities of CO 2 as compared to Fe-Co and Fe-Ni surfaces. CO 2 dissociation and initial hydrogenation were comparatively investigated on Fe-M bimetallic surfaces, and the calculation results demonstrated that CO 2 conversion properties are similar over Fe-Ni and Fe-Co catalysts, with CO∗and HCOO∗as the preferred intermediates but the barriers are still above 0.8 eV. While on Fe-Pd bimetallic surfaces, CO 2 reactions exhibit significant distinctions with varying the surface Pd content, showing a dramatic preference (E act around 0.3∼0.4 eV) towards HCOO∗and CO∗formation at surface Pd/(Pd + Fe) atomic ratios of 4/9 and 5/9. The superior catalytic activities of Fe-Pd catalysts are attributed to the particular surface structures and electronic features at specific bimetallic formulations which result in unique adsorption configurations of CO 2 and facilitate the stabilization of transition states in CO∗and HCOO∗formation pathways in CO 2 conversion.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcou.2018.12.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jcou.2018.12.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058891328
VL - 29
SP - 179
EP - 195
JO - Journal of CO2 Utilization
JF - Journal of CO2 Utilization
SN - 2212-9820
ER -