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Ehtesabi S, Richter M, Kupfer S, Gräfe S. Assessing plasmon-induced reactions by a combined quantum chemical-quantum/classical hybrid approach. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:15219-15229. [PMID: 39072363 PMCID: PMC11325215 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr02099e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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Plasmon-driven reactions on metal nanoparticles feature rich and complex mechanistic contributions, involving a manifold of electronic states, near-field enhancement, and heat, among others. Although localized surface plasmon resonances are believed to initiate these reactions, the complex reactivity demands deeper exploration. This computational study investigates factors influencing chemical processes on plasmonic nanoparticles, exemplified by protonation of 4-mercaptopyridine (4-MPY) on silver nanoparticles. We examine the impact of molecular binding modes and molecule-molecule interactions on the nanoparticle's surface, near-field electromagnetic effects, and charge-transfer phenomena. Two proton sources were considered at ambient conditions, molecular hydrogen and water. Our findings reveal that the substrate's binding mode significantly affects not only the energy barriers governing the thermodynamics and kinetics of the reaction but also determine the directionality of light-driven charge-transfer at the 4-MPY-Ag interface, pivotal in the chemical contribution involved in the reaction mechanism. In addition, significant field enhancement surrounding the adsorbed molecule is observed (eletromagnetic contribution) which was found insufficient to modify the ground state thermodynamics. Instead, it initiates and amplifies light-driven charge-transfer and thus modulates the excited states' reactivity in the plasmonic-molecular hybrid system. This research elucidates protonation mechanisms on silver surfaces, highlighting the role of molecular-surface and molecule-molecule-surface orientation in plasmon-catalysis.
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- Sadaf Ehtesabi
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany.
- Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering, 07745 Jena, Germany
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Wen X, Boyn JN, Martirez JMP, Zhao Q, Carter EA. Strategies to Obtain Reliable Energy Landscapes from Embedded Multireference Correlated Wavefunction Methods for Surface Reactions. J Chem Theory Comput 2024; 20:6037-6048. [PMID: 39004994 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.4c00558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Embedded correlated wavefunction (ECW) theory is a powerful tool for studying ground- and excited-state reaction mechanisms and associated energetics in heterogeneous catalysis. Several factors are important to obtaining reliable ECW energies, critically the construction of consistent active spaces (ASs) along reaction pathways when using a multireference correlated wavefunction (CW) method that relies on a subset of orbital spaces in the configuration interaction expansion to account for static electron correlation, e.g., complete AS self-consistent field theory, in addition to the adequate partitioning of the system into a cluster and environment, as well as the choice of a suitable basis set and number of states included in excited-state simulations. Here, we conducted a series of systematic studies to develop best-practice guidelines for ground- and excited-state ECW theory simulations, utilizing the decomposition of NH3 on Pd(111) as an example. We determine that ECW theory results are relatively insensitive to cluster size, the aug-cc-pVDZ basis set provides an adequate compromise between computational complexity and accuracy, and that a fixed-clean-surface approximation holds well for the derivation of the embedding potential. Additionally, we demonstrate that a merging approach, which involves generating ASs from the molecular fragments at each configuration, is preferable to a creeping approach, which utilizes ASs from adjacent structures as an initial guess, for the generation of consistent potential energy curves involving open-d-shell metal surfaces, and, finally, we show that it is essential to include bands of excited states in their entirety when simulating excited-state reaction pathways.
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- Xuelan Wen
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6655, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-6655, United States
- Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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Dall’Osto G, Marsili M, Vanzan M, Toffoli D, Stener M, Corni S, Coccia E. Peeking into the Femtosecond Hot-Carrier Dynamics Reveals Unexpected Mechanisms in Plasmonic Photocatalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:2208-2218. [PMID: 38199967 PMCID: PMC10811681 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Plasmonic-driven photocatalysis may lead to reaction selectivity that cannot be otherwise achieved. A fundamental role is played by hot carriers, i.e., electrons and holes generated upon plasmonic decay within the metal nanostructure interacting with molecular species. Understanding the elusive microscopic mechanism behind such selectivity is a key step in the rational design of hot-carrier reactions. To accomplish that, we present state-of-the-art multiscale simulations, going beyond density functional theory, of hot-carrier injections for the rate-determining step of a photocatalytic reaction. We focus on carbon dioxide reduction, for which it was experimentally shown that the presence of a rhodium nanocube under illumination leads to the selective production of methane against carbon monoxide. We show that selectivity is due to a (predominantly) direct hole injection from rhodium to the reaction intermediate CHO. Unexpectedly, such an injection does not promote the selective reaction path by favoring proper bond breaking but rather by promoting bonding of the proper molecular fragment to the surface.
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- Giulia Dall’Osto
- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, Università di
Padova, via F. Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica e Astronomia “Augusto Righi”, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, Università di
Padova, via F. Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Fisica, University of Milan, Via Giovanni Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, University
of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, University
of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, Università di
Padova, via F. Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
- Istituto
Nanoscienze-CNR, via
Campi 213/A, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, University
of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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Zaidi Z, Kamlesh, Gupta Y, Singhai S, Mudgal M, Singh A. Emerging trends in research and development on earth abundant materials for ammonia degradation coupled with H 2 generation. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS 2024; 25:2301423. [PMID: 38357414 PMCID: PMC10866070 DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2023.2301423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Ammonia, as an essential and economical fuel, is a key intermediate for the production of innumerable nitrogen-based compounds. Such compounds have found vast applications in the agricultural world, biological world (amino acids, proteins, and DNA), and various other chemical transformations. However, unlike other compounds, the decomposition of ammonia is widely recognized as an important step towards a safe and sustainable environment. Ammonia has been popularly recommended as a viable candidate for chemical storage because of its high hydrogen content. Although ruthenium (Ru) is considered an excellent catalyst for ammonia oxidation; however, its high cost and low abundance demand the utilization of cheaper, robust, and earth abundant catalyst. The present review article underlines the various ammonia decomposition methods with emphasis on the use of non-noble metals, such as iron, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, and several other carbides as well as nitride species. In this review, we have highlighted various advances in ammonia decomposition catalysts. The major challenges that persist in designing such catalysts and the future developments in the production of efficient materials for ammonia decomposition are also discussed.
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- Zakiullah Zaidi
- CARS and GM, CSIR-Advanced Materials Process Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, India
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- CARS and GM, CSIR-Advanced Materials Process Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, India
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- CARS and GM, CSIR-Advanced Materials Process Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, India
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- CARS and GM, CSIR-Advanced Materials Process Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, India
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- CARS and GM, CSIR-Advanced Materials Process Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, India
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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- CARS and GM, CSIR-Advanced Materials Process Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, India
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India
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Le T, Wang B. Solvent-induced local environment effect in plasmonic catalysis. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2023; 5:5774-5779. [PMID: 37881713 PMCID: PMC10597543 DOI: 10.1039/d3na00835e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Solvents are known to affect the local surface plasmon resonance of metal nanoparticles; however, how solvents can be used to manipulate the interfacial charge and energy transfer in plasmonic catalysis remains to be explored. Here, using NH3 decomposition on a Ru-doped Cu surface as an example, we report density functional theory (DFT) and delta self-consistent field (SCF) calculations, through which we investigate the effect of different protic solvent molecules on interfacial charge transfer by calculating excitation energy of an electronic transition between the metal and the molecular reactant. We find that the H-bonds between water and NH3 can alter the direct interfacial charge transfer due to the shift of the molecular frontier orbitals with respect to the metal Fermi level. These effects are also observed when the H-bonds are formed between methanol (or phenol) and ammonia. We show that the solvent possessing stronger basicity induces a more pronounced effect on the excitation energy. This work thus provides valuable insights for tuning the excitation energy and controlling different routes to channel the photon energy into plasmonic catalysis.
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- Tien Le
- School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma Norman OK 73019 USA
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- School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma Norman OK 73019 USA
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Li TE, Hammes-Schiffer S. Nuclear-Electronic Orbital Quantum Dynamics of Plasmon-Driven H 2 Photodissociation. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:18210-18214. [PMID: 37555733 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c04927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Leveraging localized surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles to trigger chemical reactions is a promising approach for heterogeneous catalysis. First-principles modeling of such processes is challenging due to the large number of electrons and electronic excited states as well as the significance of nuclear quantum effects when hydrogen is involved. Herein, the nonadiabatic nuclear-electronic quantum dynamics of plasmon-induced H2 photodissociation near an Al13- cluster is simulated with real-time nuclear-electronic orbital time-dependent density functional theory (RT-NEO-TDDFT). This approach propagates the nonequilibrium quantum dynamics of both electrons and protons. The plasmonic oscillations are shown to inject hot electrons into the antibonding orbital of H2, thereby inducing H2 dissociation. The quantum mechanical treatment of the hydrogen nuclei leads to faster H2 photodissociation and slightly larger isotope effects. Analysis of the nonequilibrium electronic density suggests that these findings stem from enhanced excited-state electronic coupling between the plasmonic mode and the H2 antibonding orbital due to proton delocalization or zero-point energy effects. Given the low computational overhead for including nuclear quantum effects with the RT-NEO-TDDFT approach, this work paves the way for simulating nonadiabatic nuclear-electronic quantum dynamics in other plasmonic systems.
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- Tao E Li
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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Han P, Mao X, Jin Y, Sarina S, Jia J, Waclawik ER, Du A, Bottle SE, Zhao JC, Zhu HY. Plasmonic Silver-Nanoparticle-Catalysed Hydrogen Abstraction from the C(sp 3 )-H Bond of the Benzylic C α atom for Cleavage of Alkyl Aryl Ether Bonds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202215201. [PMID: 36450692 PMCID: PMC10108273 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202215201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Selective activation of the C(sp3 )-H bond is an important process in organic synthesis, where efficiently activating a specific C(sp3 )-H bond without causing side reactions remains one of chemistry's great challenges. Here we report that illuminated plasmonic silver metal nanoparticles (NPs) can abstract hydrogen from the C(sp3 )-H bond of the Cα atom of an alkyl aryl ether β-O-4 linkage. The intense electromagnetic near-field generated at the illuminated plasmonic NPs promotes chemisorption of the β-O-4 compound and the transfer of photo-generated hot electrons from the NPs to the adsorbed molecules leads to hydrogen abstraction and direct cleavage of the unreactive ether Cβ -O bond under moderate reaction conditions (≈90 °C). The plasmon-driven process has certain exceptional features: enabling hydrogen abstraction from a specific C(sp3 )-H bond, along with precise scission of the targeted C-O bond to form aromatic compounds containing unsaturated, substituted groups in excellent yields.
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- Pengfei Han
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China.,School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Material Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, 041000, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
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Zervos M. AACVD of Cu 3N on Al 2O 3 Using CuCl 2 and NH 3. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 15:8966. [PMID: 36556770 PMCID: PMC9787788 DOI: 10.3390/ma15248966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Cu3N has been grown on m-Al2O3 by aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition using 0.1 M CuCl2 in CH3CH2OH under an excess of NH3 at 600 °C, which led to the deposition of Cu that was subsequently converted into Cu3N under NH3: O2 at 400 °C in a two-step process without exposure to the ambient. The reaction of CuCl2 with an excess of NH3 did not lead to the growth of Cu3N, which is different to the case of halide vapor phase epitaxy of III-V semiconductors. The Cu3N layers obtained in this way had an anti-ReO3 cubic crystal structure with a lattice constant of 3.8 Å and were found to be persistently n-type, with a room temperature carrier density of n = 2 × 1016 cm-3 and mobility of µn = 32 cm2/Vs. The surface depletion, calculated in the effective mass approximation, was found to extend over ~0.15 µm by considering a surface barrier height of ϕB = 0.4 eV related to the formation of native Cu2O.
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- Matthew Zervos
- Nanostructured Materials and Devices Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus
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Yuan Y, Zhou L, Robatjazi H, Bao JL, Zhou J, Bayles A, Yuan L, Lou M, Lou M, Khatiwada S, Carter EA, Nordlander P, Halas NJ. Earth-abundant photocatalyst for H
2
generation from NH
3
with light-emitting diode illumination. Science 2022; 378:889-893. [PMID: 36423268 DOI: 10.1126/science.abn5636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Catalysts based on platinum group metals have been a major focus of the chemical industry for decades. We show that plasmonic photocatalysis can transform a thermally unreactive, earth-abundant transition metal into a catalytically active site under illumination. Fe active sites in a Cu-Fe antenna-reactor complex achieve efficiencies very similar to Ru for the photocatalytic decomposition of ammonia under ultrafast pulsed illumination. When illuminated with light-emitting diodes rather than lasers, the photocatalytic efficiencies remain comparable, even when the scale of reaction increases by nearly three orders of magnitude. This result demonstrates the potential for highly efficient, electrically driven production of hydrogen from an ammonia carrier with earth-abundant transition metals.
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- Yigao Yuan
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Syzygy Plasmonics Inc., Houston, TX 77054, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-5263; Present address: Department of Chemistry, Boston College; Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA 90095-1405 and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University; Princeton, NJ 08544-5263, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University; Houston, TX 77005, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Fang S, Hu YH. Thermo-photo catalysis: a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:3609-3647. [PMID: 35419581 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00782c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Thermo-photo catalysis, which is the catalysis with the participation of both thermal and photo energies, not only reduces the large energy consumption of thermal catalysis but also addresses the low efficiency of photocatalysis. As a whole greater than the sum of its parts, thermo-photo catalysis has been proven as an effective and promising technology to drive chemical reactions. In this review, we first clarify the definition (beyond photo-thermal catalysis and plasmonic catalysis), classification, and principles of thermo-photo catalysis and then reveal its superiority over individual thermal catalysis and photocatalysis. After elucidating the design principles and strategies toward highly efficient thermo-photo catalytic systems, an ample discussion on the synergetic effects of thermal and photo energies is provided from two perspectives, namely, the promotion of photocatalysis by thermal energy and the promotion of thermal catalysis by photo energy. Subsequently, state-of-the-art techniques applied to explore thermo-photo catalytic mechanisms are reviewed, followed by a summary on the broad applications of thermo-photo catalysis and its energy management toward industrialization. In the end, current challenges and potential research directions related to thermo-photo catalysis are outlined.
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- Siyuan Fang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295, USA.
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Vitillo JG, Cramer CJ, Gagliardi L. Multireference Methods are Realistic and Useful Tools for Modeling Catalysis. Isr J Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202100136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jenny G. Vitillo
- Department of Science and High Technology and INSTM Università degli Studi dell'Insubria Via Valleggio 9 I-22100 Como Italy
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- Underwriters Laboratories Inc. 333 Pfingsten Road Northbrook Illinois 60602 United States
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- Department of Chemistry Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering James Franck Institute University of Chicago Chicago Illinois 60637 United States
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Geng X, Liu X, Mawella-Vithanage L, Hewa-Rahinduwage CC, Zhang L, Brock SL, Tan T, Luo L. Photoexcited NO 2 Enables Accelerated Response and Recovery Kinetics in Light-Activated NO 2 Gas Sensing. ACS Sens 2021; 6:4389-4397. [PMID: 34784175 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c01694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Slow response and recovery kinetics is a major challenge for practical room-temperature NO2 gas sensing. Here, we report the use of visible light illumination to significantly shorten the response and recovery times of a PbSe quantum dot (QD) gel sensor by 21% (to 27 s) and 63% (to 102 s), respectively. When combined with its high response (0.04%/ppb) and ultralow limit of detection (3 ppb), the reduction in response and recovery time makes the PbSe QD gel sensor among the best p-type room-temperature NO2 sensors reported to date. A combined experimental and theoretical investigation reveals that the accelerated response and recovery time is primarily due to photoexcitation of NO2 gaseous molecules and adsorbed NO2 on the gel surface, rather than the excitation of the semiconductor sensing material, as suggested by the currently prevailing light-activated gas-sensing theory. Furthermore, we find that the extent of improvement attained in the recovery speed also depends on the distribution of excited electrons in the adsorbed NO2/QD gel system. This work suggests that the design of light-activated sensor platforms may benefit from a careful assessment of the photophysics of the analyte in the gas phase and when adsorbed onto the semiconductor surface.
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- Xin Geng
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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Mou T, Quiroz J, Camargo PHC, Wang B. Localized Orbital Excitation Drives Bond Formation in Plasmonic Catalysis. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:60115-60124. [PMID: 34874713 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c21607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Localized surface plasmons generated on metallic nanostructures can be used to accelerate molecular transformations; however, the efficiency is limited by the challenge to control the energy/charge transfer at the interfaces. Here, we combine density functional theory (DFT) calculations and experiments to reveal the mechanism of nitrophenol reduction on Au nanoparticles under visible-light irradiation and propose a strategy to further enhance the reaction rates. DFT calculations show a reduced activation barrier under electronic excitation on Au(111), thus explaining the measured higher rates under visible-light irradiation. Furthermore, we propose a heterostructure with Au nanoparticles covered by a thin film of hexagonal boron nitride; the latter is used to decouple the molecular orbitals from the metal to enable charge localization in the molecule. DFT calculations show that by this electronic decoupling, the activation barrier can be lowered by a factor of five. This work thus provides a valuable strategy for optimizing catalytic efficiency in plasmonic photocatalysis.
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- Tong Mou
- Center for Interfacial Reaction Engineering and School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, Gallogly College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
- Shenzhen JL Computational Science and Applied Research Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518131, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Interfacial Reaction Engineering and School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, Gallogly College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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Xin Y, Yu K, Zhang L, Yang Y, Yuan H, Li H, Wang L, Zeng J. Copper-Based Plasmonic Catalysis: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2008145. [PMID: 34050979 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202008145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
With the capability of inducing intense electromagnetic field, energetic charge carriers, and photothermal effect, plasmonic metals provide a unique opportunity for efficient light utilization and chemical transformation. Earth-abundant low-cost Cu possesses intense and tunable localized surface plasmon resonance from ultraviolet-visible to near infrared region. Moreover, Cu essentially exhibits remarkable catalytic performance toward various reactions owing to its intriguing physical and chemical properties. Coupling with light-harvesting ability and catalytic function, plasmonic Cu serves as a promising platform for efficient light-driven chemical reaction. Herein, recent advancements of Cu-based plasmonic photocatalysis are systematically summarized, including designing and synthetic strategies for Cu-based catalysts, plasmonic catalytic performance, and mechanistic understanding over Cu-based plasmonic catalysts. What's more, approaches for the enhancement of light utilization efficiency and construction of active centers on Cu-based plasmonic catalysts are highlighted and discussed in detail, such as morphology and size control, regulation of electronic structure, defect and strain engineering, etc. Remaining challenges and future perspectives for further development of Cu-based plasmonic catalysis are also proposed.
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- Yue Xin
- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Key Laboratory of Electronic Packing and Advanced Functional Materials of Hunan Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Key Laboratory of Electronic Packing and Advanced Functional Materials of Hunan Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Key Laboratory of Electronic Packing and Advanced Functional Materials of Hunan Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Key Laboratory of Electronic Packing and Advanced Functional Materials of Hunan Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Key Laboratory of Electronic Packing and Advanced Functional Materials of Hunan Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. 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, 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, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Key Laboratory of Electronic Packing and Advanced Functional Materials of Hunan Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. 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, 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, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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Martirez JMP, Carter EA. Projector-Free Capped-Fragment Scheme within Density Functional Embedding Theory for Covalent and Ionic Compounds. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:4105-4121. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- John Mark P. Martirez
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Martirez JMP, Carter EA. Metal-to-Ligand Charge-Transfer Spectrum of a Ru-Bipyridine-Sensitized TiO 2 Cluster from Embedded Multiconfigurational Excited-State Theory. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:4998-5013. [PMID: 34077662 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c02628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Understanding optical properties of the dye molecule in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) from first-principles quantum mechanics can contribute to improving the efficiency of such devices. While density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT have been pivotal in simulating optoelectronic properties of photoanodes used in DSSCs at the atomic scale, questions remain regarding DFT's adequacy and accuracy to furnish critical information needed to understand the various excited-state processes involved. Here, we simulate the absorption spectra of a dye-sensitized solar cell analogue, comprised of a Ru-bipyridine (Ru-bpy) dye molecule and a small TiO2 cluster via DFT and via an accurate embedded correlated wavefunction (CW) theory. We generated CW spectra for the adsorbed Ru-bpy dye via a recently introduced capped density functional embedding theory or capped-DFET (to generate the embedding potential that accounts for the interaction of the molecule and the TiO2 cluster). We then combined capped-DFET with the accurate but expensive multiconfigurational complete active space second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2)-embedded CASPT2. Because the CW theory is conducted on only a portion of the total system in the presence of an embedding potential that describes that portion's interaction with its environment, we efficiently obtain CW-quality predictions that reflect local properties of the entire system. Specifically, for example, with capped-DFET and embedded CW theory, we can simulate accurately a plethora of metal-to-ligand charge-transfer excited properties at a manageable computational cost. Here, we predict detailed electronic spectra within the visible region, featuring the lowest three singlet and triplet excited states, along with predictions of the singlets' lifetimes. We illustrated these results using a Jablonski diagram that show the relative energy position of the singlet and longer-lived triplet excited states and analyzed and proposed relaxation paths for the excited state corresponding to the most intense but short-lived absorption (interconversion, intersystem crossing, fluorescence, and phosphorescence) that may lead to longer-lived excited states necessary for efficient charge separation required to generate current in solar cells.
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- John Mark P Martirez
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States.,Office of the Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951405, Los Angeles, California 90095-1405, United States.,Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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Lucentini I, Garcia X, Vendrell X, Llorca J. Review of the Decomposition of Ammonia to Generate Hydrogen. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ilaria Lucentini
- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Eduard Maristany 10-14, Barcelona, 08019, Spain
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Eduard Maristany 10-14, Barcelona, 08019, Spain
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Eduard Maristany 10-14, Barcelona, 08019, Spain
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- Institute of Energy Technologies, Department of Chemical Engineering and Barcelona Research Center in Multiscale Science and Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, EEBE, Eduard Maristany 10-14, Barcelona, 08019, Spain
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Zhou L, Lou M, Bao JL, Zhang C, Liu JG, Martirez JMP, Tian S, Yuan L, Swearer DF, Robatjazi H, Carter EA, Nordlander P, Halas NJ. Hot carrier multiplication in plasmonic photocatalysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:e2022109118. [PMID: 33972426 PMCID: PMC8157927 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2022109118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Light-induced hot carriers derived from the surface plasmons of metal nanostructures have been shown to be highly promising agents for photocatalysis. While both nonthermal and thermalized hot carriers can potentially contribute to this process, their specific role in any given chemical reaction has generally not been identified. Here, we report the observation that the H2-D2 exchange reaction photocatalyzed by Cu nanoparticles is driven primarily by thermalized hot carriers. The external quantum yield shows an intriguing S-shaped intensity dependence and exceeds 100% for high light intensities, suggesting that hot carrier multiplication plays a role. A simplified model for the quantum yield of thermalized hot carriers reproduces the observed kinetic features of the reaction, validating our hypothesis of a thermalized hot carrier mechanism. A quantum mechanical study reveals that vibrational excitations of the surface Cu-H bond is the likely activation mechanism, further supporting the effectiveness of low-energy thermalized hot carriers in photocatalyzing this reaction.
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- Linan Zhou
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544;
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Office of the Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005;
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005;
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
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Zhao Q, Martirez JMP, Carter EA. Revisiting Understanding of Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction on Cu(111): Competing Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reaction Mechanisms Revealed by Embedded Correlated Wavefunction Theory. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:6152-6164. [PMID: 33851840 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Copper (Cu) electrodes, as the most efficacious of CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) electrocatalysts, serve as prototypes for determining and validating reaction mechanisms associated with electrochemical CO2 reduction to hydrocarbons. As in situ electrochemical mechanism determination by experiments is still out of reach, such mechanistic analysis typically is conducted using density functional theory (DFT). The semilocal exchange-correlation (XC) approximations most often used to model such catalysis unfortunately engender a basic error: predicting the wrong adsorption site for CO (a key CO2RR intermediate) on the most ubiquitous facet of Cu, namely, Cu(111). This longstanding inconsistency casts lingering doubt on previous DFT predictions of the attendant CO2RR kinetics. Here, we apply embedded correlated wavefunction (ECW) theory, which corrects XC functional error, to study the CO2RR on Cu(111) via both surface hydride (*H) transfer and proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET). We predict that adsorbed CO (*CO) reduces almost equally to two intermediates, namely, hydroxymethylidyne (*COH) and formyl (*CHO) at -0.9 V vs the RHE. In contrast, semilocal DFT approximations predict a strong preference for *COH. With increasing applied potential, the dominance of *COH (formed via potential-independent surface *H transfer) diminishes, switching to the competitive formation of both *CHO and *COH (both formed via potential-dependent PCET). Our results also demonstrate the importance of including explicitly modeled solvent molecules in predicting electron-transfer barriers and reveal the pitfalls of overreliance on simple surface *H transfer models of reduction reactions.
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- Qing Zhao
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States.,Office of the Chancellor, Box 951405, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1405, United States
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The size- and shape-controlled enhanced optical response of metal nanoparticles (NPs) is referred to as a localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). LSPRs result in amplified surface and interparticle electric fields, which then enhance light absorption of the molecules or other materials coupled to the metallic NPs and/or generate hot carriers within the NPs themselves. When mediated by metallic NPs, photocatalysis can take advantage of this unique optical phenomenon. This review highlights the contributions of quantum mechanical modeling in understanding and guiding current attempts to incorporate plasmonic excitations to improve the kinetics of heterogeneously catalyzed reactions. A range of first-principles quantum mechanics techniques has offered insights, from ground-state density functional theory (DFT) to excited-state theories such as multireference correlated wavefunction methods. Here we discuss the advantages and limitations of these methods in the context of accurately capturing plasmonic effects, with accompanying examples.
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- John Mark P. Martirez
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- Office of the Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Morales‐García Á, Viñes F, Gomes JRB, Illas F. Concepts, models, and methods in computational heterogeneous catalysis illustrated through
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conversion. WIRES COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Ángel Morales‐García
- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB) Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB) Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry University of Aveiro Aveiro Portugal
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB) Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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Powell AD, Kroes GJ, Doblhoff-Dier K. Quantum Monte Carlo calculations on dissociative chemisorption of H2 + Al(110): Minimum barrier heights and their comparison to DFT values. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:224701. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0022919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Andrew D. Powell
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
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Coccia E, Fregoni J, Guido CA, Marsili M, Pipolo S, Corni S. Hybrid theoretical models for molecular nanoplasmonics. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:200901. [PMID: 33261492 DOI: 10.1063/5.0027935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The multidisciplinary nature of the research in molecular nanoplasmonics, i.e., the use of plasmonic nanostructures to enhance, control, or suppress properties of molecules interacting with light, led to contributions from different theory communities over the years, with the aim of understanding, interpreting, and predicting the physical and chemical phenomena occurring at molecular- and nano-scale in the presence of light. Multiscale hybrid techniques, using a different level of description for the molecule and the plasmonic nanosystems, permit a reliable representation of the atomistic details and of collective features, such as plasmons, in such complex systems. Here, we focus on a selected set of topics of current interest in molecular plasmonics (control of electronic excitations in light-harvesting systems, polaritonic chemistry, hot-carrier generation, and plasmon-enhanced catalysis). We discuss how their description may benefit from a hybrid modeling approach and what are the main challenges for the application of such models. In doing so, we also provide an introduction to such models and to the selected topics, as well as general discussions on their theoretical descriptions.
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- E Coccia
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Universit di Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Informatiche e Matematiche, Universit di Modena e Reggio Emilia, via Campi 213/A, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Universit di Padova, via F. Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Universit di Padova, via F. Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Université d'Artois UMR 8181-UCCS Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, via Campi 213/A, 41125 Modena, Italy
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Zhao Q, Zhang X, Martirez JMP, Carter EA. Benchmarking an Embedded Adaptive Sampling Configuration Interaction Method for Surface Reactions: H2 Desorption from and CH4 Dissociation on Cu(111). J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:7078-7088. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Qing Zhao
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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Govind Rajan A, Martirez JMP, Carter EA. Why Do We Use the Materials and Operating Conditions We Use for Heterogeneous (Photo)Electrochemical Water Splitting? ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Ananth Govind Rajan
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1592, United States
- Office of the Chancellor, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 951405, Los Angeles, California 90095-1405, United States
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