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Rafiq Q, Khan MT, Hayat SS, Azam S, Rahman AU, Elansary HO, Shan M. Adsorption and solar light activity of noble metal adatoms (Au and Zn) on Fe(111) surface: a first-principles study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:17118-17131. [PMID: 38845366 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04504h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Noble metals such as gold (Au), zinc (Zn), and iron (Fe) are highly significant in both fundamental and technological contexts owing to their applications in optoelectronics, optical coatings, transparent coatings, photodetectors, light-emitting devices, photovoltaics, nanotechnology, batteries, and thermal barrier coatings. This study presents a comprehensive investigation of the optoelectronic properties of Fe(111) and Au, Zn/Fe(111) materials using density functional theory (DFT) first-principles method with a focus on both materials' spin orientations. The optoelectronic properties were obtained employing the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) approach, integrating the exchange-correlation function with the Hubbard potential U for improved accuracy. The arrangement of Fe(111) and Au, Zn/Fe(111) materials was found to lack an energy gap, indicating a metallic behavior in both the spin-up state and the spin-down state. The optical properties of Fe(111) and Au, Zn/Fe(111) materials, including their absorption coefficient, reflectivity, energy-loss function, refractive index, extinction coefficient, and optical conductivity, were thoroughly examined for both spin channels in the spectral region from 0.0 eV to 14 eV. The calculations revealed significant spin-dependent effects in the optical properties of the materials. Furthermore, this study explored the properties of the electronic bonding between several species in Fe(111) and Au, Zn/Fe(111) materials by examining the density distribution mapping of charge within the crystal symmetries.
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- Qaiser Rafiq
- Department of Physics, International Islamic University, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Rail Transit Intelligent Operation and Maintenance Technology & Equipment of Zhejiang Province, College of Engineering, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, People's Republic of China.
- School of computer science and technology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics, International Islamic University, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
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- Faculty of engineering and applied sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
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- Faculty of engineering and applied sciences, Riphah International University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
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- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water Chair, Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental, Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Materials simulation Research Laboratory (MSRL), Institute of Physics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Multan, 60800, Pakistan
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Fernández-Félix TC, Santana JA. Atomic Structures of Single-Layer Nanoislands of Ni, Cu, Rh, Pd, Ag, Ir, Pt, Au Supported on Au(111) from Density Functional Theory Calculations. SURFACE SCIENCE 2022; 716:121960. [PMID: 34737461 PMCID: PMC8562674 DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2021.121960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We have used density functional theory calculations to study the atomic structure of single-layer nanoislands of metal M (M=Ni, Cu, Rh, Pd, Ag, Ir, Pt, Au) supported on M(111) and Au(111) surfaces. Nanoislands of Cu, Pd, Ag, Pt, and Au have planar structures on Au(111), while nanoislands of Ni, Rh, and Ir are nonplanar. The calculations also show that nanoislands of Cu, Pd, Pt, and Au on Au(111) with a diameter below 3 nm can have one of several atomic structures. Two of these structures have atoms at the edges of the nanoislands located near bridge sites on Au(111), and the other structures have atoms at the edges and center of the nanoislands located near bridge sites. The relative stability of these atomic structures depends on the size and nature of the Au-supported nanoparticles. Our findings provided computational support for the work of Liao and Ya [J. Phys. Chem. C. 121 (2017) 19218-19225] reporting the formation of two phases of Pt nanoislands on Au(111). These findings also reveal the rich and complex atomic structures of small single-layer metal nanoislands supported on metal surfaces.
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PtAu Nanoparticles Supported by Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Highly Active Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution. Catalysts 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12010043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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PtAu nanoparticles spontaneously deposited on graphene support, PtAu/rGO, have shown remarkably high catalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in sulfuric acid solution. SEM images of the PtAu/rGO electrode surface showed that Pt nanoparticles that are non-uniform in size occupy both the edges of previously deposited uniform Au nanoparticles and the edges of graphene support. XPS analysis showed that the atomic percentages of Au and Pt in PtAu/rGO were 0.6% and 0.3%, respectively. The atomic percentage of Au alone on previously prepared Au/rGO was 0.7%. Outstanding HER activity was achieved for the PtAu/rGO electrode, showing the initial potential close to the equilibrium potential for HER and a low Tafel slope of −38 mV/dec. This was confirmed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The chronoamperometric measurement performed for 40 min for hydrogen evolution at a constant potential indicated good stability and durability of the PtAu/rGO electrode.
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Vázquez-Lizardi GA, Ruiz-Casanova LA, Cruz-Sánchez RM, Santana JA. Simulation of Metal-Supported Metal-Nanoislands: A Comparison of DFT Methods. SURFACE SCIENCE 2021; 712:121889. [PMID: 34176977 PMCID: PMC8224827 DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2021.121889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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We have evaluated various density functional theory (DFT) methods to simulate geometric, energetic, electronic, and hydrogen adsorption properties of metal-nanoparticles supported on metal surfaces. We used Pt and Pd nanoislands on Au(111) as model systems. The evaluated DFT methods include GGA (PW91, PBE, RPBE, revPBE, and PBESol), GGA with van der Waals (vdW) corrected (PBE-D3), GGA with optimized vdW functionals (revPBE-vdW), meta-GGA (SCAN and MS2), and the machine learning-based method BEEF-vdW. The results show that the various DFT methods yield similar geometric and electronic properties for Pt (or Pd) nanoislands on Au(111). The DFT methods also produce similar relative energetics for small Pt (or Pd) clusters with different conformations on Au(111). The results show that a triatomic cluster of Pt on Au(111) is more stable with a linear conformation. In contrast, a triatomic cluster of Pd is more stable with a triangular conformation. For clusters with four or more atoms, Pt and Pd clusters on Au(111) prefer non-linear conformation. We found that the various DFT methods yield different results only for the adsorption energy of hydrogen.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Cayey, Puerto Rico, 00737
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Controlled deposition of 2D-confined Pd or Ir nano-islands on Au(1 1 1) following Cu UPD, and their HER activity. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) was investigated on reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-supported Au and PdAu nanoparticles in acid solution. The graphene spread over glassy carbon (rGO/GC) was used as a support for the spontaneous deposition of Au and Pd. The resulting Au/rGO and PdAu/rGO electrodes were characterized using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) techniques. Phase AFM images have shown that the edges of the rGO sheets were active sites for the deposition of both Au and Pd. XPS analysis revealed that the atomic percentages of both Au and PdAu nanoparticles were slightly higher than 1%. The activity of the PdAu/rGO electrode for the HER was remarkably high, with the overpotential close to zero. HER activity was stable over a 3 h testing time, with a low Tafel slope of approx. −46 mV/dec achieved after prolonged hydrogen evolution at a constant potential.
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Santana JA, Meléndez-Rivera J. Hydrogen Adsorption on Au-Supported Pt and Pd Nanoislands: A Computational Study of Hydrogen Coverage Effects. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2021; 125:5110-5115. [PMID: 34178204 PMCID: PMC8225257 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c11566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We have studied the dissociative adsorption of hydrogen under high coverage conditions of adsorbed hydrogen on Pd and Pt nanoislands supported on Au(111) using Density Functional Theory calculations. The results reveal that for Pd/Au(111), the free energy of hydrogen adsorption ΔG is close to 0 kJ/mol when the coverage of adsorbed hydrogen is near 1 ML, where the available catalytic sites are located at the edges of the Pd nanoislands. In the case of Pt/Au(111), ΔG ≈ 0 kJ/mol under a broad range of hydrogen coverage conditions, from 1 ML to 3 ML, depending on the size of the Pt nanoislands. This is the case because the available catalytic sites are located at both the steps and terraces of Pt nanoislands. These findings indicate that Au surfaces with Pd or Pt nanoislands offer catalytic sites with ΔG ≈ 0 for hydrogen reactions, one key factor for an ideal electrocatalyst for hydrogen reactions.
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Sarkar S, Peter SC. An overview on Pd-based electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Inorg Chem Front 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8qi00042e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a well-studied reaction which involves the reduction of protons for hydrogen production. Pd-based compounds are expected to have activity on par with or better than the expensive state-of-the-art Pt and can be considered as the future materials for the HER.
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- Shreya Sarkar
- New Chemistry Unit
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
- Bangalore
- India
- School of Advanced Materials
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- New Chemistry Unit
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
- Bangalore
- India
- School of Advanced Materials
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Chakraborty I, Pradeep T. Atomically Precise Clusters of Noble Metals: Emerging Link between Atoms and Nanoparticles. Chem Rev 2017; 117:8208-8271. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1305] [Impact Index Per Article: 186.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Indranath Chakraborty
- DST Unit of Nanoscience (DST
UNS) and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- DST Unit of Nanoscience (DST
UNS) and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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Das C, Kot M, Rouissi Z, Kędzierski K, Henkel K, Schmeißer D. Selective Deposition of an Ultrathin Pt Layer on a Au-Nanoisland-Modified Si Photocathode for Hydrogen Generation. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:1360-1366. [PMID: 31457509 PMCID: PMC6641136 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Platinum, being the most efficient and stable catalyst, is used in photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices. However, a minimal amount of Pt with maximum catalytic activity is required to be used to minimize the cost of production. In this work, we use an environmentally friendly, cost-effective, and less Pt-consuming method to prepare PEC devices for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The Pt monolayer catalyst is selectively deposited on a Au-nanoisland-supported boron-doped p-type Si (100) photocathode. The PEC device based on the Si photocathode with an ultralow loading of the Pt catalyst exhibits a comparable performance for the HER to that of devices with a thick Pt layer. In addition, we demonstrate that by using a thin TiO2 layer deposited by atomic layer deposition photo-oxidation of the Si photocathode can be blocked resulting in a stable PEC performance.
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- Chittaranjan Das
- Angewandte
Physik-Sensorik, Brandenburgische Technische
Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 17, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
- E-mail:
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- Angewandte
Physik-Sensorik, Brandenburgische Technische
Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 17, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
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- Angewandte
Physik-Sensorik, Brandenburgische Technische
Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 17, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
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- Angewandte
Physik-Sensorik, Brandenburgische Technische
Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 17, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
- Faculty
of Technical Physics, Institute of Physics, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland
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- Angewandte
Physik-Sensorik, Brandenburgische Technische
Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 17, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
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- Angewandte
Physik-Sensorik, Brandenburgische Technische
Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Konrad-Wachsmann-Allee 17, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
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Štrbac S, Smiljanić M, Rakočević Z. Electrocatalysis of hydrogen evolution on polycrystalline palladium by rhodium nanoislands in alkaline solution. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2015.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Štrbac S, Srejić I, Smiljanić M, Rakočević Z. The effect of rhodium nanoislands on the electrocatalytic activity of gold for oxygen reduction in perchloric acid solution. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Smiljanić M, Srejić I, Grgur B, Rakočević Z, Štrbac S. Catalysis of hydrogen evolution on different Pd/Au(111) nanostructures in alkaline solution. Electrochim Acta 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.10.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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