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Butera V. Density functional theory methods applied to homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis: a short review and a practical user guide. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:7950-7970. [PMID: 38385534 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00266k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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The application of density functional theory (DFT) methods in catalysis has been growing fast in the last few decades thanks to both the availability of more powerful high computing resources and the development of new efficient approximations and approaches. DFT calculations allow for the understanding of crucial catalytic aspects that are difficult or even impossible to access by experiments, thus contributing to faster development of more efficient and selective catalysts. Depending on the catalytic system and properties under investigation, different approaches should be used. Moreover, the reliability of the obtained results deeply depends on the approximations involved in both the selected method and model. This review addresses chemists, physicists and materials scientists whose interest deals with the application of DFT-based computational tools in both homogeneous catalysis and heterogeneous catalysis. First, a brief introduction to DFT is presented. Then, the main approaches based on atomic centered basis sets and plane waves are discussed, underlining the main differences, advantages and limitations. Eventually, guidance towards the selection of the catalytic model is given, with a final focus on the evaluation of the energy barriers, which represents a crucial step in all catalytic processes. Overall, the review represents a rational and practical guide for both beginners and more experienced users involved in the wide field of catalysis.
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- Valeria Butera
- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 123, Brno 612 00, Czech Republic
- Department of Science and Biological Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, University of Palermo, Palermo 90128, Italy.
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Detz H, Butera V. In-depth DFT Insights into the Crucial Role of Hydrogen Bonding Network in CO2 Fixation into Propylene Oxide Promoted by Biomass-Derived Deep Eutectic Solvents. J Mol Liq 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Detz H, Butera V. Insights into the mechanistic CO2 conversion to methanol on single Ru atom anchored on MoS2 monolayer. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Putro W, Lee VY, Sato K, Choi JC, Fukaya N. From SiO 2 to Alkoxysilanes for the Synthesis of Useful Chemicals. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:35186-35195. [PMID: 34984251 PMCID: PMC8717390 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The transformation of silica (SiO2) to useful chemicals is difficult to explore because of the strength of the Si-O bond and thermodynamic stability of the SiO2 structure. The direct formation of alkoxysilanes from SiO2 has been explored as an alternative to the carbothermal reduction (1900 °C) of SiO2 to metallic silicon (Simet) followed by treatment with alcohols. The base-catalyzed depolymerization of SiO2 with diols and monoalcohols afforded cyclic silicon alkoxides and tetraalkoxysilanes, respectively. SiO2 can also be converted to alkoxysilanes in the presence of organic carbonates, such as dimethyl carbonate. Alkoxysilanes can be further converted to useful chemicals, such as carbamates, organic carbonates, and chlorosilanes. An interesting and highly efficient pathway to the direct conversion of SiO2 to alkoxysilanes has been discussed in detail along with the corresponding economic and environmental implications. The thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of SiO2 transformations in the presence of alcohols are also discussed.
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- Wahyu
S. Putro
- National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Interdisciplinary
Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry, Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Interdisciplinary
Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry, Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
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- National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Interdisciplinary
Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry, Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
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- National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Interdisciplinary
Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry, Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan
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Butera V, Massaro A, Muñoz-García AB, Pavone M, Detz H. d-Glucose Adsorption on the TiO 2 Anatase (100) Surface: A Direct Comparison Between Cluster-Based and Periodic Approaches. Front Chem 2021; 9:716329. [PMID: 34532310 PMCID: PMC8438178 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.716329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been extensively studied as a suitable material for a wide range of fields including catalysis and sensing. For example, TiO2-based nanoparticles are active in the catalytic conversion of glucose into value-added chemicals, while the good biocompatibility of titania allows for its application in innovative biosensing devices for glucose detection. A key process for efficient and selective biosensors and catalysts is the interaction and binding mode between the analyte and the sensor/catalyst surface. The relevant features regard both the molecular recognition event and its effects on the nanoparticle electronic structure. In this work, we address both these features by combining two first-principles methods based on periodic boundary conditions and cluster approaches (CAs). While the former allows for the investigation of extended materials and surfaces, CAs focus only on a local region of the surface but allow for using hybrid functionals with low computational cost, leading to a highly accurate description of electronic properties. Moreover, the CA is suitable for the study of reaction mechanisms and charged systems, which can be cumbersome with PBC. Here, a direct and detailed comparison of the two computational methodologies is applied for the investigation of d-glucose on the TiO2 (100) anatase surface. As an alternative to the commonly used PBC calculations, the CA is successfully exploited to characterize the formation of surface and subsurface oxygen vacancies and to determine their decisive role in d-glucose adsorption. The results of such direct comparison allow for the selection of an efficient, finite-size structural model that is suitable for future investigations of biosensor electrocatalytic processes and biomass conversion catalysis.
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- Valeria Butera
- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università di Napoli Federico II, Comp Univ Monte Sant’Angelo, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini”, Università di Napoli Federico II, Comp Univ Monte Sant’Angelo, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università di Napoli Federico II, Comp Univ Monte Sant’Angelo, Naples, Italy
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech
- Center for Micro and Nanostructures and Institute of Solid State Electronics, Vienna, Austria
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Putro WS, Ikeda A, Shigeyasu S, Hamura S, Matsumoto S, Lee VY, Choi JC, Fukaya N. Sustainable Catalytic Synthesis of Diethyl Carbonate. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:842-846. [PMID: 33230917 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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New sustainable approaches should be developed to overcome equilibrium limitation of dialkyl carbonate synthesis from CO2 and alcohols. Using tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and CO2 with Zr catalysts, we report the first example of sustainable catalytic synthesis of diethyl carbonate (DEC). The disiloxane byproduct can be reverted to TEOS. Under the same conditions, DEC can be synthesized using a wide range of alkoxysilane substrates by investigating the effects of the number of ethoxy substituent in alkoxysilane substrates, alkyl chain, and unsaturated moiety on the fundamental property of this reaction. Mechanistic insights obtained by kinetic studies, labeling experiments, and spectroscopic investigations reveal that DEC is generated via nucleophilic ethoxylation of a CO2 -inserted Zr catalyst and catalyst regeneration by TEOS. The unprecedented transformation offers a new approach toward a cleaner route for DEC synthesis using recyclable alkoxysilane.
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- Wahyu S Putro
- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry (IRC3), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1, Higashi, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry (IRC3), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1, Higashi, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8571, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry (IRC3), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1, Higashi, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry (IRC3), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1, Higashi, Japan
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Furgal JC, Lenora CU. Green routes to silicon-based materials and their environmental implications. PHYSICAL SCIENCES REVIEWS 2019. [DOI: 10.1515/psr-2019-0024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The “greening” of silicon chemistry is fundamentally important for the future of the field. Traditional methods used to make silicon-based materials rely on carbon rich processes that are highly energy intensive, cause pollution, and are unsustainable. Researchers have taken up the challenge of developing new chemistries to circumvent the difficulties associated with traditional silicon material synthesis. Most of this work has been in the conversion of the “green” carbon neutral biogenic silica source rice hull ash (RHA, ~85 % silica) into useful silicon building blocks such as silica’s, silicon, and alkoxysilanes by using the inherently higher surface area and reactivity of RHA to sidestep the low reactivity of mined silica sources. This is a review of the work that has been done in the area of developing more environmentally benign methods for the synthesis and use of silicon containing materials to eliminate the negative impact on the environment.
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- Joseph C. Furgal
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences , Bowling Green State University , 43403 Bowling Green , United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences , Bowling Green State University , 43403 Bowling Green , United States of America
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Butera V, Fukaya N, Choi J, Sato K, Choe Y. Mechanistic Details on the Conversion of Si–O to Si–C Bonds Using Metal Hydrides: A Density Functional Theory Study. Eur J Inorg Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201900039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Valeria Butera
- Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials (CD‐FMat) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 1‐1–1 Umezono 305‐8568 Tsukuba Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 1‐1–1 Higashi Tsukuba 305‐8568 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 1‐1–1 Higashi Tsukuba 305‐8568 Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center for Catalytic Chemistry National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 1‐1–1 Higashi Tsukuba 305‐8568 Japan
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- Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials (CD‐FMat) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 1‐1–1 Umezono 305‐8568 Tsukuba Japan
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