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Dong C, Lai Z, Wang H. Design of MoS 2 edge-anchored single-atom catalysts for propane dehydrogenation driven by DFT and microkinetic modeling. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:5303-5310. [PMID: 38268420 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05197h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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The design of efficient catalysts for direct propane dehydrogenation (PDH) to inhibit coke formation and deactivation of traditional Pt-based catalysts are challenging tasks. Herein, by exploiting the unique geometric feature and tunability of single atom catalysts (SACs), a wide range of 3d-5d transition metals anchored on the MoS2 edge in the single atom form (TM1-S4/edge) are comprehensively investigated for the PDH application by first-principles calculations, ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations and microkinetic modeling. Five criteria are assessed in terms of the feasibility of preparation, practical stability, feasibility of recovery after air oxidation, activity and selectivity. We identified Ru1-S4/edge SAC as the most promising candidate with activity six times higher than that of the conventional Pt(111) catalyst. Interestingly, AIMD simulations show that the motif region of the highly reactive TM1-S4/edge SACs (such as Ru, Os, Rh, and Ir) exhibits a dynamic change, with a TM-coordinated S atom tending to flutter at reaction temperatures and return to its initial position when the species is adsorbed on TMs, thereby affecting the PDH activities. In addition to identifying the potential PDH catalyst from a practical application point of view, we believe that this study also provides a comprehensive picture for the theoretical screening of low-coordination single-atom catalysts.
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- Chunguang Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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Chen J, Jia M, Mao Y, Hu P, Wang H. Diffusion Coupling Kinetics in Multisite Catalysis: A Microkinetic Framework. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- Jianfu Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U. K
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U. K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U. K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Selective CO 2 electrolysis to CO using isolated antimony alloyed copper. Nat Commun 2023; 14:340. [PMID: 36670129 PMCID: PMC9860050 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-35960-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Renewable electricity-powered CO evolution from CO2 emissions is a promising first step in the sustainable production of commodity chemicals, but performing electrochemical CO2 reduction economically at scale is challenging since only noble metals, for example, gold and silver, have shown high performance for CO2-to-CO. Cu is a potential catalyst to achieve CO2 reduction to CO at the industrial scale, but the C-C coupling process on Cu significantly depletes CO* intermediates, thus limiting the CO evolution rate and producing many hydrocarbon and oxygenate mixtures. Herein, we tune the CO selectivity of Cu by alloying a second metal Sb into Cu, and report an antimony-copper single-atom alloy catalyst (Sb1Cu) of isolated Sb-Cu interfaces that catalyzes the efficient conversion of CO2-to-CO with a Faradaic efficiency over 95%. The partial current density reaches 452 mA cm-2 with approximately 91% CO Faradaic efficiency, and negligible C2+ products are observed. In situ spectroscopic measurements and theoretical simulations reason that the atomic Sb-Cu interface in Cu promotes CO2 adsorption/activation and weakens the binding strength of CO*, which ends up with enhanced CO selectivity and production rates.
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Li WJ, Lou ZX, Zhao JY, Liu PF, Yuan HY, Yang HG. Positive Valent Metal Sites in Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Reaction. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202200657. [PMID: 36646629 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The discovery of high-performance catalysts for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) has faced an enormous challenge for years. The lack of cognition about the surface active structures or centers of catalysts in complex conditions limits the development of advanced catalysts for CO2 RR. Recently, the positive valent metal sites (PVMS) are demonstrated as a kind of potential active sites, which can facilitate carbon dioxide (CO2 ) activation and conversation but are always unstable under reduction potentials. Many advanced technologies in theory and experiment have been utilized to understand and develop excellent catalysts with PVMS for CO2 RR. Here, we present an introduction of some typical catalysts with PVMS in CO2 RR and give some understanding of the activity and stability for these related catalysts.
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- Wen Jing Li
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Li H, Long J, Jing H, Xiao J. Steering from electrochemical denitrification to ammonia synthesis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:112. [PMID: 36611030 PMCID: PMC9825404 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-35785-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The removal of nitric oxide is an important environmental issue, as well as a necessary prerequisite for achieving high efficiency of CO2 electroreduction. To this end, the electrocatalytic denitrification is a sustainable route. Herein, we employ reaction phase diagram to analyze the evolution of reaction mechanisms over varying catalysts and study the potential/pH effects over Pd and Cu. We find the low N2 selectivity compared to N2O production, consistent with a set of experiments, is limited fundamentally by two factors. The N2OH* binding is relatively weak over transition metals, resulting in the low rate of as-produced N2O* protonation. The strong correlation of OH* and O* binding energies limits the route of N2O* dissociation. Although the experimental conditions of varying potential, pH and NO pressures can tune the selectivity slightly, which are insufficient to promote N2 selectivity beyond N2O and NH3. A possible solution is to design catalysts with exceptions to break the scaling characters of energies. Alternatively, we propose a reverse route with the target of decentralized ammonia synthesis.
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- Huan Li
- grid.9227.e0000000119573309State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023 P. R. China ,grid.410726.60000 0004 1797 8419University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 P. R. China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023 P. R. China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023 P. R. China ,grid.410726.60000 0004 1797 8419University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 P. R. China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023 P. R. China ,grid.410726.60000 0004 1797 8419University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 P. R. China
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Li J, Yao Z, Zhao J, Deng S, Wang S, Wang J. Microkinetic simulations of acetylene(acetylene-d2) hydrogenation(deuteration) on Ag nanoparticles. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Xu G, Cai C, Zhao W, Liu Y, Wang T. Rational design of catalysts with earth‐abundant elements. WIRES COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Gaomou Xu
- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science Westlake University Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science Westlake University Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science Westlake University Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science Westlake University Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science Westlake University Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study Hangzhou Zhejiang Province China
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General Rules of Active Zone on the Three-Dimensional Volcano Surface Enables Rapid Location of Efficient Catalyst. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2022.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mou T, Wang Y, Deák P, Li H, Long J, Fu X, Zhang B, Frauenheim T, Xiao J. Predictive Theoretical Model for the Selective Electroreduction of Nitrate to Ammonia. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:9919-9927. [PMID: 36256962 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The electrochemical reduction of nitrate (eNO3RR) emerges as a promising route for decentralized ammonia synthesis. However, the competitive production of nitrite at low overpotentials is a challenging issue. Herein, using the combination of density functional theory and microkinetic modeling, we show that the selectivity for NH3 surpasses that of NO2- at -0.66 VRHE, which nicely reproduced the experimental value on titania. NH2OH* → NH2* is the kinetically controlling step at a low overpotential for NH3 generation, while NO2* → HNO2 has the highest barrier to producing nitrite. Based on these mechanistic insights, we suggest that ΔG1 (NH2OH* → NH2*) - ΔG2 (NO2* → HNO2) can serve as a descriptor to predict the S(NO2-)/S(NH3) crossover potential. Such a model is verified by the experimental results on Ag, Cu, TiO2-x, Fe3O4, and Fe-MoS2 and can be extended to the Au catalyst. Thus, this work sheds light on the rational design of catalysts that are simultaneously energy-efficient and selective to NH3.
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- Tong Mou
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, P. R. China
- Shenzhen JL Computational and Applied Research Institute, Shenzhen518131, P. R. China
- Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, Bremen28359, Germany
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- School of Science, Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin300072, P. R. China
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- Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, Bremen28359, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, P. R. China
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- School of Science, Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin300072, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen JL Computational and Applied Research Institute, Shenzhen518131, P. R. China
- Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, Bremen28359, Germany
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing100193, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, P. R. China
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Yuan HY, Sun N, Chen J, Yang HG, Hu P, Wang H. Activity Self-Optimization Steered by Dynamically Evolved Fe 3+@Fe 2+ Double-Center on Fe 2O 3 Catalyst for NH 3-SCR. JACS AU 2022; 2:2352-2358. [PMID: 36311837 PMCID: PMC9597592 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Identification of the active centers dynamically stable under the reaction condition is of paramount importance but challenging because of the limited knowledge of steady-state chemistry on catalysts at the atomic level. Herein, focusing on the Fe2O3 catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 (NH3-SCR) as a model system, we reveal quantitatively the self-evolving Fe3+@Fe2+ (∼1:1) double-centers under the in-situ condition by the first-principles microkinetic simulations, which enables the accurate prediction of the optimal industry operating temperature (590 K). The cooperation of this double-center achieves the self-optimization of catalytic activity and rationalizes the intrinsic origin of Fe2O3 catalyzing NH3-SCR at middle-high temperatures instead of high temperatures. Our findings demonstrate the atomic-level self-evolution of active sites and the dynamically adjusted activity variation of the catalyst under the in-situ condition during the reaction process and provide insights into the reaction mechanism and catalyst optimization.
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- Hai Yang Yuan
- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research
Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa
Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Research Institute of
Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- Key
Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai
Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School
of Materials Science and Engineering, East
China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research
Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa
Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Research Institute of
Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research
Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa
Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Research Institute of
Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai
Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School
of Materials Science and Engineering, East
China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research
Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa
Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Research Institute of
Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The
Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9, U.K.
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research
Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa
Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Research Institute of
Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, School
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Zhu D, Liu H, Huang Y, Luo X, Mao Y, Liang Z. Study of Direct Synthesis of DMC from CO 2 and Methanol on CeO 2: Theoretical Calculation and Experiment. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Daoyun Zhu
- Joint International Center for CO2 Capture and Storage (iCCS), Research Center of Peaking Carbon Emissions and Carbon Neutrality, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Cost-effective Utilization of Fossil Fuel Aimed at Reducing CO2 Emissions, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R.China
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- Joint International Center for CO2 Capture and Storage (iCCS), Research Center of Peaking Carbon Emissions and Carbon Neutrality, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Cost-effective Utilization of Fossil Fuel Aimed at Reducing CO2 Emissions, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R.China
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- Joint International Center for CO2 Capture and Storage (iCCS), Research Center of Peaking Carbon Emissions and Carbon Neutrality, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Cost-effective Utilization of Fossil Fuel Aimed at Reducing CO2 Emissions, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R.China
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- Joint International Center for CO2 Capture and Storage (iCCS), Research Center of Peaking Carbon Emissions and Carbon Neutrality, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Cost-effective Utilization of Fossil Fuel Aimed at Reducing CO2 Emissions, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R.China
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- Joint International Center for CO2 Capture and Storage (iCCS), Research Center of Peaking Carbon Emissions and Carbon Neutrality, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Cost-effective Utilization of Fossil Fuel Aimed at Reducing CO2 Emissions, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R.China
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- Joint International Center for CO2 Capture and Storage (iCCS), Research Center of Peaking Carbon Emissions and Carbon Neutrality, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Cost-effective Utilization of Fossil Fuel Aimed at Reducing CO2 Emissions, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R.China
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Shi YF, Kang PL, Shang C, Liu ZP. Methanol Synthesis from CO 2/CO Mixture on Cu-Zn Catalysts from Microkinetics-Guided Machine Learning Pathway Search. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:13401-13414. [PMID: 35848119 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Methanol synthesis on industrial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts via the hydrogenation of CO and CO2 mixture, despite several decades of research, is still puzzling due to the nature of the active site and the role of CO2 in the feed gas. Herein, with the large-scale machine learning atomic simulation, we develop a microkinetics-guided machine learning pathway search to explore thousands of reaction pathways for CO2 and CO hydrogenations on thermodynamically favorable Cu-Zn surface structures, including Cu(111), Cu(211), and Zn-alloyed Cu(211) surfaces, from which the lowest energy pathways are identified. We find that Zn decorates at the step-edge at Cu(211) up to 0.22 ML under reaction conditions with the Zn-Zn dimeric sites being avoided. CO2 and CO hydrogenations occur exclusively at the step-edge of the (211) surface with up to 0.11 ML Zn coverage, where the low coverage of Zn (0.11 ML) does not much affect the reaction kinetics, but the higher coverages of Zn (0.22 ML) poison the catalyst. It is CO2 hydrogenation instead of CO hydrogenation that dominates methanol synthesis, agreeing with previous isotope experiments. While metallic steps are identified as the major active site, we show that the [-Zn-OH-Zn-] chains (cationic Zn) can grow on Cu(111) surfaces under reaction conditions, which suggests the critical role of CO in the mixed gas for reducing the cationic Zn and exposing metal sites for methanol synthesis. Our results provide a comprehensive picture on the dynamic coupling of the feed gas composition, the catalyst active site, and the reaction activity in this complex heterogeneous catalytic system.
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- Yun-Fei Shi
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai Qi Zhi Institution, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Material, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Science, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai Qi Zhi Institution, Shanghai 200030, China.,Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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Li F, Chen JF, Gong XQ, Hu P, Wang D. Subtle Structure Matters: The Vicinity of Surface Ti 5c Cations Alters the Photooxidation Behaviors of Anatase and Rutile TiO 2 under Aqueous Environments. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Fei Li
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Guo C, Tian X, Fu X, Qin G, Long J, Li H, Jing H, Zhou Y, Xiao J. Computational Design of Spinel Oxides through Coverage-Dependent Screening on the Reaction Phase Diagram. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Chenxi Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Utilization of Manganese Resources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410012, China
- College of Science, Xichang University, Xichang 615000, Sichuan Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Utilization of Manganese Resources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Xie W, Xu J, Chen J, Wang H, Hu P. Achieving Theory-Experiment Parity for Activity and Selectivity in Heterogeneous Catalysis Using Microkinetic Modeling. Acc Chem Res 2022; 55:1237-1248. [PMID: 35442027 PMCID: PMC9069691 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Microkinetic modeling based on density functional
theory (DFT)
energies plays an essential role in heterogeneous catalysis because
it reveals the fundamental chemistry for catalytic reactions and bridges
the microscopic understanding from theoretical calculations and experimental
observations. Microkinetic modeling requires building a set of ordinary
differential equations (ODEs) based on the calculation results of
thermodynamic properties of adsorbates and kinetic parameters for
the reaction elementary steps. Solving a microkinetic model can extract
information on catalytic chemistry, including critical reaction intermediates,
reaction pathways, the surface species distribution, activity, and
selectivity, thus providing vital guidelines for altering catalysts. However, the quantitative reliability of traditional microkinetic
models is often insufficient to conclusively extrapolate the mechanistic
details of complex reaction systems. This can be attributed to several
factors, the most important of which is the limitation of obtaining
an accurate estimation of the energy inputs via traditional calculation
methods. These limitations include the difficulty of using static
DFT methods to calculate reaction energies of adsorption/desorption
processes, often rate-controlling or selectivity-determining steps,
and the inadequate consideration of surface coverage effects. In addition,
the robust microkinetic software is rare, which also complicates the
resolution of complex catalytic systems. In this Account, we
review our recent works toward refining the
predictions of microkinetic modeling in heterogeneous catalysis and
achieving theory–experiment parity for activity and selectivity.
First, we introduce CATKINAS, a microkinetic software developed in
our group, and show how it disentangles the problem that traditional
microkinetic software has and how it can now be applied to obtain
kinetic results for more sophisticated reaction systems. Second, we
describe a molecular dynamics method developed recently to obtain
the free-energy changes for the adsorption/desorption process to fill
in the missing energy inputs. Third, we show that a rigorous consideration
of surface coverage effects is pivotal for building more realistic
models and obtaining accurate kinetic results. Following a series
of studies on acetylene hydrogenation reactions on Pd catalysts, we
demonstrate how this new approach can provide an improved quantitative
understanding of the mechanism, active site, and intrinsic structural
sensitivity. Finally, we conclude with a brief outlook and the remaining
challenges in this field.
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- Wenbo Xie
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Lai Z, Chen J, Jia M, Hu P, Wang H. Universal Skeleton Feature of the Three-Dimensional Volcano Surface and the Thermodynamic Rule in Locating the Catalyst in Heterogeneous Catalysis. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Zhuangzhuang Lai
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Zheng T, Liu C, Guo C, Zhang M, Li X, Jiang Q, Xue W, Li H, Li A, Pao CW, Xiao J, Xia C, Zeng J. Copper-catalysed exclusive CO 2 to pure formic acid conversion via single-atom alloying. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 16:1386-1393. [PMID: 34531557 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00974-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Converting CO2 emissions, powered by renewable electricity, to produce fuels and chemicals provides an elegant route towards a carbon-neutral energy cycle. Progress in the understanding and synthesis of Cu catalysts has spurred the explosive development of electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) technology to produce hydrocarbons and oxygenates; however, Cu, as the predominant catalyst, often exhibits limited selectivity and activity towards a specific product, leading to low productivity and substantial post-reaction purification. Here, we present a single-atom Pb-alloyed Cu catalyst (Pb1Cu) that can exclusively (~96% Faradaic efficiency) convert CO2 into formate with high activity in excess of 1 A cm-2. The Pb1Cu electrocatalyst converts CO2 into formate on the modulated Cu sites rather than on the isolated Pb. In situ spectroscopic evidence and theoretical calculations revealed that the activated Cu sites of the Pb1Cu catalyst regulate the first protonation step of the CO2RR and divert the CO2RR towards a HCOO* path rather than a COOH* path, thus thwarting the possibility of other products. We further showcase the continuous production of a pure formic acid solution at 100 mA cm-2 over 180 h using a solid electrolyte reactor and Pb1Cu.
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- Tingting Zheng
- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou, People's Republic of China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physical Sciences and CAS Key Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou, People's Republic of China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China.
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Lai Z, Sun N, Jin J, Chen J, Wang H, Hu P. Resolving the Intricate Mechanism and Selectivity of Syngas Conversion on Reduced ZnCr 2O x: A Quantitative Study from DFT and Microkinetic Simulations. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Zhuangzhuang Lai
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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Guo P, Fu X, Deák P, Frauenheim T, Xiao J. Activity and Mechanism Mapping of Photocatalytic NO 2 Conversion on the Anatase TiO 2(101) Surface. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:7708-7716. [PMID: 34355897 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
NOx emission heavily affects our environment and human health. Photocatalytic denitrification (deNOx) attracted much attention because it is low-cost and nonpolluting, but undesired nitrite and nitrate were produced in reality, instead of harmless N2. Unveiling the active sites and the photocatalytic mechanism is very important to improve the process. Herein, we have employed a combinational scenario to investigate the reaction mechanism of NO2 and H2O on anatase TiO2(101). On the one hand, a polaron-corrected GGA functional (GGA + Lany-Zunger) was applied to improve the description of electronic states in photoassisted processes. On the other hand, a reaction phase diagram (RPD) was established to understand the (quasi) activity trend over both perfect and defective surfaces. It was found that a perfect surface is more active via the Eley-Rideal mechanism without NO2 adsorption, while the activity on defective surfaces is limited by the sluggish recombinative desorption. A photogenerated hole can weaken the OH* adsorption energies and circumvents the scaling relation of the dark reaction, eventually enhancing the deNOx activity significantly. The insights gained from our work indicate that tuning the reactivity by illumination-induced localized charge and diverse reaction pathways are two methods for improving adsorption, dissociation, and desorption processes to go beyond the conventional activity volcano plot limit of dark conditions.
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- Pu Guo
- Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
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- Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
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- Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
- Computational Science Research Center, No. 10 East Xibeiwang Road, Beijing 100193, China
- Computational Science and Applied Research Institute (CSAR), Shenzhen 518110, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Road 457, Dalian 116023, China
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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Long J, Guo C, Fu X, Jing H, Qin G, Li H, Xiao J. Unveiling Potential Dependence in NO Electroreduction to Ammonia. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:6988-6995. [PMID: 34283618 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Recently, electrochemical NO reduction (eNORR) to ammonia has attracted enormous research interests due to the dual benefits in ammonia synthesis and denitrification fields. Herein, taking Ag as a model catalyst, we have developed a microkinetic model to rationalize the general selectivity trend of eNORR with varying potential, which has been observed widely in experiments, but not understood well. The model reproduces experiments well, quantitatively describing the selectivity turnover from N2O to NH3 and from NH3 to H2 with more negative potential. The first turnover of selectivity is due to the thermochemical coupling of two NO* limiting the N2O production. The second turnover is attributed to the larger transfer coefficient (β) of HER than NH3 production. This work reveals how electrode potential regulate the selectivity of eNORR, which is also beneficial to understand the commonly increasing HER selectivity with the decrease of potential in some other electroreduction reactions such as CO2 reduction.
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- Jun Long
- School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou 310024, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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- School of Science, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou 310024, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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Chen Z, Liu Z, Xu X. Coverage-Dependent Microkinetics in Heterogeneous Catalysis Powered by the Maximum Rate Analysis. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Zheng Chen
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China
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Revealing the boosting role of NO for soot combustion over CeO2(111): A first-principles microkinetic modeling. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Yuan H, Yang H, Hu P, Wang H. Origin of Water-Induced Deactivation of MnO 2-Based Catalyst for Room-Temperature NO Oxidation: A First-Principles Microkinetic Study. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Haiyang Yuan
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, United Kingdom
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Xie W, Xu J, Ding Y, Hu P. Quantitative Studies of the Key Aspects in Selective Acetylene Hydrogenation on Pd(111) by Microkinetic Modeling with Coverage Effects and Molecular Dynamics. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Wenbo Xie
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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Chen J, Jia M, Hu P, Wang H. CATKINAS: A large-scale catalytic microkinetic analysis software for mechanism auto-analysis and catalyst screening. J Comput Chem 2021; 42:379-391. [PMID: 33315262 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
As an effective method to analyze complex catalytic reaction networks, microkinetic modeling is gaining increasing popularity in the catalytic activity evaluation and rational design of heterogeneous catalysts. An automated simulator with stable and reliable performance is especially useful and in great request. Here we introduce the CATKINAS package developed for large-scale microkinetic modeling and analysis. Featuring with a multilevel solver and a multifunctional analyzer, CATKINAS can provide both accurate solutions and various quantitative and automatic analysis for a wide range of catalytic systems. The structure and the basic workflow are overviewed with the multilevel solver particularly illustrated. Also, we take the CO methanation reaction as an example to illustrate the application and efficiency of the CATKINAS package.
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- Jianfu Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG, UK
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Chen J, Jia M, Lai Z, Hu P, Wang H. SSIA: A sensitivity-supervised interlock algorithm for high-performance microkinetic solving. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:024108. [PMID: 33445900 DOI: 10.1063/5.0032228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Microkinetic modeling has drawn increasing attention for quantitatively analyzing catalytic networks in recent decades, in which the speed and stability of the solver play a crucial role. However, for the multi-step complex systems with a wide variation of rate constants, the often encountered stiff problem leads to the low success rate and high computational cost in the numerical solution. Here, we report a new efficient sensitivity-supervised interlock algorithm (SSIA), which enables us to solve the steady state of heterogeneous catalytic systems in the microkinetic modeling with a 100% success rate. In SSIA, we introduce the coverage sensitivity of surface intermediates to monitor the low-precision time-integration of ordinary differential equations, through which a quasi-steady-state is located. Further optimized by the high-precision damped Newton's method, this quasi-steady-state can converge with a low computational cost. Besides, to simulate the large differences (usually by orders of magnitude) among the practical coverages of different intermediates, we propose the initial coverages in SSIA to be generated in exponential space, which allows a larger and more realistic search scope. On examining three representative catalytic models, we demonstrate that SSIA is superior in both speed and robustness compared with its traditional counterparts. This efficient algorithm can be promisingly applied in existing microkinetic solvers to achieve large-scale modeling of stiff catalytic networks.
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- Jianfu Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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Yao Z, Zhao J, Bunting RJ, Zhao C, Hu P, Wang J. Quantitative Insights into the Reaction Mechanism for the Direct Synthesis of H2O2 over Transition Metals: Coverage-Dependent Microkinetic Modeling. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Zihao Yao
- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, People’s Republic of China
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Guo C, Fu X, Long J, Li H, Qin G, Cao A, Jing H, Xiao J. Toward computational design of chemical reactions with reaction phase diagram. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Chenxi Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian China
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Xie W, Hu P. Influence of surface defects on activity and selectivity: a quantitative study of structure sensitivity of Pd catalysts for acetylene hydrogenation. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00665g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The structure sensitivity of Pd catalysed acetylene hydrogenation is quantitatively examined using a coverage-dependent microkinetic model. Pd(211) was found to be more active than Pd(111), but present a poorer selectivity toward ethylene.
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- Wenbo Xie
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Queen's University Belfast
- Belfast
- UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Queen's University Belfast
- Belfast
- UK
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Cao XM, Shao ZJ, Hu P. A fast species redistribution approach to accelerate the kinetic Monte Carlo simulation for heterogeneous catalysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:7348-7364. [PMID: 32211648 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00554a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The first-principles kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) simulation has been demonstrated as a reliable multiscale modeling approach in silico to disclose the interplay among all the elementary steps in a complex reaction network for heterogeneous catalysis. Heterogeneous catalytic systems frequently contain fast surface diffusion processes of some adsorbates while the elementary steps in it would be much slower than those in fast diffusion. Consequently, the kMC simulation for these systems is easily trapped in the sub-basins of a super basin on a potential energy surface due to the continuous and repeated sampling of these fast processes, which would significantly increase the total accessible simulation time and even make it impossible to get the reasonable simulation results using the kMC simulation. In this work, we present an improved fast species redistribution (FSR) method for the kMC simulation to overcome the stiffness problem resulting from the low-barrier surface diffusion to accelerate the heterogeneous catalytic kMC simulation. Taking CO oxidations on Pt(111) and Pt(100) as examples, we demonstrate that the FSR approach can properly reproduce the results of an equivalent first-principles microkinetic model simulation with more reasonable reaction rates. The improved kMC simulation based on the FSR method can accurately incorporate the effect of the fast diffusion of species on the surface and provide several orders of magnitude of acceleration compared to the standard kMC simulation.
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- Xiao-Ming Cao
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China. and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, UK
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Ding C, Shen T, Yang Y, Xu X. Involvement of the Unoccupied Site Changes the Kinetic Trend Significantly: A Case Study on Formic Acid Decomposition. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Chen Ding
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Long J, Chen S, Zhang Y, Guo C, Fu X, Deng D, Xiao J. Direct Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis from Nitric Oxide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:9711-9718. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202002337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Jun Long
- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
- School of ScienceWestlake University Hangzhou 310024 P. R. China
- Department of ChemistryZhejiang University Hangzhou 310058 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
- School of ScienceWestlake University Hangzhou 310024 P. R. China
- Department of ChemistryZhejiang University Hangzhou 310058 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
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Long J, Chen S, Zhang Y, Guo C, Fu X, Deng D, Xiao J. Direct Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis from Nitric Oxide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202002337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Jun Long
- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
- School of ScienceWestlake University Hangzhou 310024 P. R. China
- Department of ChemistryZhejiang University Hangzhou 310058 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
- School of ScienceWestlake University Hangzhou 310024 P. R. China
- Department of ChemistryZhejiang University Hangzhou 310058 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical Physics Zhongshan Road 457 Dalian 116023 P. R. China
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Rice PS, Hu P. Understanding supported noble metal catalysts using first-principles calculations. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:180902. [PMID: 31731867 DOI: 10.1063/1.5126090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Heterogeneous catalysis on supported and nonsupported nanoparticles is of fundamental importance in the energy and chemical conversion industries. Rather than laboratory analysis, first-principles calculations give us an atomic-level understanding of the structure and reactivity of nanoparticles and supports, greatly reducing the efforts of screening and design. However, unlike catalysis on low index single crystalline surfaces, nanoparticle catalysis relies on the tandem properties of a support material as well as the metal cluster itself, often with charge transfer processes being of key importance. In this perspective, we examine current state-of-the-art quantum-chemical research for the modeling of reactions that utilize small transition metal clusters on metal oxide supports. This should provide readers with useful insights when dealing with chemical reactions on such systems, before discussing the possibilities and challenges in the field.
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- Peter S Rice
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland
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Shao ZJ, Zhang L, Liu H, Cao XM, Hu P. Enhanced Interfacial H2 Activation for Nitrostyrene Catalytic Hydrogenation over Rutile Titania-Supported Gold by Coadsorption: A First-Principles Microkinetic Simulation Study. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b02634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Zheng-Jiang Shao
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, U.K
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Hess F. Efficient Implementation of Cluster Expansion Models in Surface Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations with Lateral Interactions: Subtraction Schemes, Supersites, and the Supercluster Contraction. J Comput Chem 2019; 40:2664-2676. [PMID: 31418885 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 07/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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While lateral interaction models for reactions at surfaces have steadily gained popularity and grown in terms of complexity, their use in chemical kinetics has been impeded by the low performance of current kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) algorithms. The origins of the additional computational cost in KMC simulations with lateral interactions are traced back to the more elaborate cluster expansion Hamiltonian, the more extensive rate updating, and to the impracticality of rate-catalog-based algorithms for interacting adsorbate systems. Favoring instead site-based algorithms, we propose three ways to reduce the cost of KMC simulations: (1) representing the lattice energy by a smaller Supercluster Hamiltonian without loss of accuracy, (2) employing the subtraction schemes for updating key quantities in the simulation that undergo only small, local changes during a reaction event, and (3) applying efficient search algorithms from a set of established methods (supersite approach). The cost of the resulting algorithm is fixed with respect to the number of lattice sites for practical lattice sizes and scales with the square of the range of lateral interactions. The overall added cost of including a complex lateral interaction model amounts to less than a factor 3. Practical issues in implementation due to finite numerical accuracy are discussed in detail, and further suggestions for treating long-range lateral interactions are made. We conclude that, while KMC simulations with complex lateral interaction models are challenging, these challenges can be overcome by modifying the established variable step-size method by employing the supercluster, subtraction, and supersite algorithms (SSS-VSSM). © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Franziska Hess
- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139.,Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen, Landoltweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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Wang D, Wang CM, Yang G, Du YJ, Yang WM. First-principles kinetic study on benzene alkylation with ethanol vs. ethylene in H-ZSM-5. J Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2019.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Chen JF, Mao Y, Wang HF, Hu P. A Simple Method To Locate the Optimal Adsorption Energy for the Best Catalysts Directly. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b04896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jian-Fu Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P.R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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Mao Y, Wang H, Hu P. Theory and applications of surface micro‐kinetics in the rational design of catalysts using density functional theory calculations. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Yu Mao
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational ChemistryEast China University of Science and TechnologyShanghaiChina
- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringThe Queen's University of BelfastBelfastUK
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational ChemistryEast China University of Science and TechnologyShanghaiChina
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis and Centre for Computational ChemistryEast China University of Science and TechnologyShanghaiChina
- School of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringThe Queen's University of BelfastBelfastUK
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Chen Z, Mao Y, Chen J, Wang H, Li Y, Hu P. Understanding the Dual Active Sites of the FeO/Pt(111) Interface and Reaction Kinetics: Density Functional Theory Study on Methanol Oxidation to Formaldehyde. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Zongjia Chen
- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry
and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry
and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry
and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
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- Key
Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry
and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China
- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, U.K
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