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Shen A, Liu X, Li H, Duan Y. DFT study of mercury adsorption on Al 2O 3 with presence of HCl. J Mol Graph Model 2023; 124:108548. [PMID: 37352722 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2023.108548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023]
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mercury emission control from flue gas is a crucial issue for environment protection. Alumina is an important alkali metal oxide for mercury adsorption in particulate, meanwhile is the potential adsorbent for mercury removal. The cognition on mercury heterogeneous reaction mechanism with alumina in presence of hydrogen chloride is inadequate. In this work, the DFT calculation was applied to detect mercury's chlorides adsorption on α-Al2O3 (001) surface, the Bader charge analysis was used to estimate electron transfer and the transition state theory was used to clarify reaction pathway and energy barrier, besides, the kinetic analysis based on Gibbs free energy was conducted to study the impact of temperature on chemical reaction. The results show that Hg can be captured by weak chemisorption on α-Al2O3 (001) surface with the adsorption energy of -56.37 kJ/mol, HgCl, HgCl2 are intensively bonded on surface with adsorption energies of -276.90 kJ/mol and -231.87 kJ/mol, the surface unsaturated Al and O atoms are the active sites. Charge transfer and PDOS analysis prove that the forming of covalent bonding is responsible for Hg species adsorption. Two possible reaction pathways of Hg oxidization to HgCl2 are discussed, in which a smaller energy barrier of 0.1 eV implies the dominant pathway 1 via Eley-Rideal mechanism: two adsorbed HCl molecules dissociate on surface and then react with one Hg atom. High temperature can promote the reaction rate constants of pathway 1 and 2, but is only favorable for reducing energy barrier of pathway 2.
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- Ao Shen
- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Ling Y, Gu Q, Jin B. Density functional theory study on the formation mechanism of CaClOH in municipal solid waste incineration fly ash. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:106514-106532. [PMID: 37726633 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29668-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash is defined as a kind of hazardous waste because of its high levels of multiple pollutants. The main component of MSWI fly ash is CaClOH, and the characteristics have not achieved consensus. And density functional theory (DFT) was used to calculate the formation process of CaClOH in this study, which mainly included HCl adsorption on CaO (0 0 1) surface and Ca(OH)2 (0 0 1) surface and the surface reaction process. The reaction mechanism was investigated. The results showed that the maximum adsorption energies of HCl on CaO and Ca(OH)2 surfaces reached - 195.17 kJ/mol and - 83.48 kJ/mol, respectively, representing strong chemisorption. The chemisorption process was shown as the adsorption of H atom on O site, and the adsorption capacity was reflected in the adsorption range of O site. The significant electron density overlap between O site and H atom meant that a new chemical bond formed, which made the adsorption structure stable. The adsorption energy of multi-HCl adsorption on the crystal surfaces was not proportional to the number of HCl molecule, indicating that the adsorption processes were influenced by each other. After surface reaction, the H-Cl bond was broken completely, and the structure of CaO and Ca(OH)2 changed to new structures. According to transition state (TS) search, the formation of CaClOH had a higher priority, easier than that of CaCl2, explaining the presence of CaClOH in fly ash. The study provides helpful information for the solidification treatment of fly ash.
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- Ying Ling
- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- Sinoma International Engineering Co., Ltd., Nanjing, 211100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China.
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Guan C, Xu Z, Zhu H, Lv X, Liu Q. Insights into the mechanism of fluoride adsorption over different crystal phase alumina surfaces. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 423:127109. [PMID: 34517299 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Activated alumina is the most common adsorbent for purifying fluoride in water, however, little is known so far about the adsorption mechanisms and comparison of adsorption behaviors for F on different crystal phase alumina surfaces, which seriously obstacles the development of high-performance sorbents. Herein, employing the density functional theory approach, we have studied F adsorbed on α-Al2O3(0001), γ-Al2O3(110), and θ-Al2O3(010) surfaces. Results accentuate that the θ-Al2O3 (010) is the most reactive than ɑ-Al2O3 (0001) and γ-Al2O3 (110) for F adsorption and the high reactivity is mainly attributed to the high unsaturation level of Al atoms. Detailly, the most stable adsorption sites are top of Al1 site, bridge of Al6 and adjacent Al atom, and bridge of AlⅢ atoms for α, γ, θ-alumina, respectively. The bonding picture shows that the bonding between F and alumina surface is attributed to the hybridization between F-p orbitals and Al-s,p orbitals. In addition, the alumina surfaces are hydroxylated with water molecules when exposing to the atmosphere, exhibiting a great impact on the performance of purifying F element. Results suggest that the hydroxylated θ-Al2O3 (010) adsorbs F with the smallest adsorption energy than other hydroxylated alumina surfaces, exhibiting the lowest performance of purifying F element.
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- Chaohong Guan
- University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China.
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- University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China; John. A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- Faculty of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, China
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Ramogayana B, Santos-Carballal D, Maenetja KP, de Leeuw NH, Ngoepe PE. Density Functional Theory Study of Ethylene Carbonate Adsorption on the (0001) Surface of Aluminum Oxide α-Al 2O 3. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:29577-29587. [PMID: 34778629 PMCID: PMC8582038 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Surface coating is one of the techniques used to improve the electrochemical performance and enhance the resistance against decomposition of cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries. Despite several experimental studies addressing the surface coating of secondary Li-ion batteries using α-Al2O3, the reactivity of the material toward the electrolyte components is not yet fully understood. Here, we have employed calculations based on the density functional theory to investigate the adsorption of the organic solvent ethylene carbonate (EC) on the major α-Al2O3(0001) surface. During adsorption of a single EC molecule, it was found that it prefers to bind parallel to the surface through its carboxyl oxygen. As the surface coverage (θ) was increased up to a monolayer, we observed larger adsorption energies per EC molecule (E ads/N EC) for parallel interactions and a reduction for perpendicular interactions. We also noted that increasing the surface coverage with both parallel and perpendicularly interacting EC molecules led to a decrease of the surface free energies and hence increased stability of the α-Al2O3(0001) surface. Despite the larger E ads/N EC observed when the molecule was placed parallel to the surface, minimal charge transfer was calculated for single EC interactions and at higher surface coverages. The simulated scanning tunneling microscopy images are also presented for a clean corundum α-Al2O3 surface and after adsorption with different coverages of parallel and perpendicularly placed EC molecules.
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- Brian Ramogayana
- Materials
Modelling Centre, School of Physical and Mineral Sciences, University of Limpopo, Private Bag x1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, U.K.
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- Materials
Modelling Centre, School of Physical and Mineral Sciences, University of Limpopo, Private Bag x1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
- School
of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, U.K.
- Department
of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8a, Utrecht 3584 CB, The Netherlands
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- Materials
Modelling Centre, School of Physical and Mineral Sciences, University of Limpopo, Private Bag x1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
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Zhang CH, Chen B, Jin Y, Sun DB. A DFT study on the failure mechanism of Al 2 O 3 film by various point defects in solution. Chem Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Assaf NW, Altarawneh M, Oluwoye I, Radny M, Lomnicki SM, Dlugogorski BZ. Formation of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals on α-Al 2O 3. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:11094-11102. [PMID: 27611635 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Metal oxides exhibit catalytic activity for the formation of environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs). Here, we investigate, via first-principles calculations, the activity of alumina α-Al2O3(0001) surface toward formation of phenolic EPFRs, under conditions relevant to cooling down zones of combustion systems. We show that, molecular adsorption of phenol on α-Al2O3(0001) entails binding energies in the range of -202 kJ/mol to -127 kJ/mol. The dehydroxylated alumina catalyzes the conversion of phenol into its phenolate moiety with a modest activation energy of 48 kJ/mol. Kinetic rate parameters, established over the temperature range of 300 to 1000 K, confirm the formation of the phenolate as the preferred pathways for the adsorption of phenol on alumina surfaces, corroborating the role of particulate matter in the cooling down zone of combustion systems in the generation of EFPRs.
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- Niveen W Assaf
- School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University , 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
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- School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University , 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
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- School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University , 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
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- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, The University of Newcastle , Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University , 90 South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
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Rohmann C, Metson JB, Idriss H. A DFT study on carbon monoxide adsorption onto hydroxylated α-Al₂O₃(0001) surfaces. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:14287-97. [PMID: 24915608 DOI: 10.1039/c4cp01373e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The adsorption of CO onto the hydroxylated α-Al2O3(0001) surface was studied using density functional theory (DFT). Dissociated adsorption of water was found to be stable, with an adsorption energy (Ea) of 1.62 eV at θ(water) = 0.75. The most stable hydroxylation form on the clean surface was found to be in the 1-2 dissociation configuration, where the OH group binds to a surface Al ion and the H ion binds to one of the three equivalent surface O ions. The adsorption energy of CO was found to be dependent on the degree of pre-hydroxylation of the surface as well as on the CO coverage. The highest adsorption energy of CO was found when θ(CO) = 0.25 on a pre-hydroxylated surface with θ(water) = 0.25; Ea = 0.57 eV. The adsorption energy of CO decreased upon increasing the degree of pre-hydroxylation. The vibrational frequency of ν(CO) was also computed and in all cases it was blue shifted with respect to gas-phase CO. The shift, Δν, decreased with increasing CO coverage but increased with increasing surface hydroxylation. A comparison with available experimental work is discussed.
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- C Rohmann
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Baltrusaitis J, Hatch C, Orlando R. Electronic properties and reactivity of simulated Fe(3+) and Cr(3+) substituted α-Al(2)O(3) (0001) surface. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2012; 116:18857-18856. [PMID: 23411748 PMCID: PMC3568980 DOI: 10.1021/jp3053899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Metal oxide based minerals naturally contain transition metal impurities isomorphically substituted into the structure that can alter the structural and electronic properties as well as the reactivity of these metal oxides. Natural α-Al(2)O(3) (corundum) can contain up to 9.17% (w/w) Fe(2)O(3) and 1.81% (w/w) of Cr(2)O(3.) Here we report on changes in the structural and electronic properties of undoped and doped α-Al(2)O(3) (0001) surfaces using periodic density functional theory (DFT) methods with spin unrestricted B3LYP functional and a local atomic basis set. Both structural and electronic properties are altered upon doping. Implications for doping effects on photochemical processes are discussed.As metal oxides are major components of the environment, including atmospheric mineral aerosol, DFT was also used to study the effect of transition metal impurities on gas/surface interactions of a model acidic atmospheric gas molecule, carbon monoxide (CO). The theoretical results indicated that the presence of Fe(3+) and Cr(3+) impurities substituted on the outer layer of natural corundum surfaces reduces the propensity toward CO adsorption relative to the undoped surface. However, CO-surface interactions resemble that of bulk α-Al(2)O(3) when the impurity is substituted below the first surface layer. The presence and location of the mineral dopant was found to significantly alter the structural and electronic properties and gas/surface interactions studied here.
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- Jonas Baltrusaitis
- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, 76 EMRB, University of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway AR 72032, USA
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- Theoretical Chemistry Group, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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Density-functional studies of the adsorption and reaction of HCl and H2O molecules over the W(111) surface. Chem Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Dambournet D, Leclerc H, Vimont A, Lavalley JC, Nickkho-Amiry M, Daturi M, Winfield JM. The use of multiple probe molecules for the study of the acid–base properties of aluminium hydroxyfluoride having the hexagonal tungsten bronze structure: FTIR and [36Cl] radiotracer studies. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2009; 11:1369-79. [DOI: 10.1039/b811691a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Digne M, Raybaud P, Sautet P, Guillaume D, Toulhoat H. Atomic Scale Insights on Chlorinated γ-Alumina Surfaces. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:11030-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ja8019593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Mathieu Digne
- Direction Physique et Analyse, Direction Catalyse et Séparation, IFP, Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69390 Solaize, France, Université de Lyon, Institut de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie, Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, CNRS 46, allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France, and Direction Scientifique, IFP, 1-4 avenue de Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison cedex, France
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- Direction Physique et Analyse, Direction Catalyse et Séparation, IFP, Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69390 Solaize, France, Université de Lyon, Institut de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie, Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, CNRS 46, allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France, and Direction Scientifique, IFP, 1-4 avenue de Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison cedex, France
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- Direction Physique et Analyse, Direction Catalyse et Séparation, IFP, Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69390 Solaize, France, Université de Lyon, Institut de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie, Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, CNRS 46, allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France, and Direction Scientifique, IFP, 1-4 avenue de Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison cedex, France
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- Direction Physique et Analyse, Direction Catalyse et Séparation, IFP, Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69390 Solaize, France, Université de Lyon, Institut de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie, Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, CNRS 46, allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France, and Direction Scientifique, IFP, 1-4 avenue de Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison cedex, France
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- Direction Physique et Analyse, Direction Catalyse et Séparation, IFP, Rond-point de l’échangeur de Solaize, BP 3, 69390 Solaize, France, Université de Lyon, Institut de Chimie, Laboratoire de Chimie, Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, CNRS 46, allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon cedex 07, France, and Direction Scientifique, IFP, 1-4 avenue de Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison cedex, France
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A comparative study of surface acidity in the amorphous, high surface area solids, aluminium fluoride, magnesium fluoride and magnesium fluoride containing iron(III) or aluminium(III) fluorides. J Fluor Chem 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2008.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Petrosyan SA, Rigos AA, Arias TA. Joint density-functional theory: ab initio study of Cr2O3 surface chemistry in solution. J Phys Chem B 2007; 109:15436-44. [PMID: 16852958 DOI: 10.1021/jp044822k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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After introducing a new form of density-functional theory for the ab initio description of electronic systems in contact with a molecular liquid environment, we present the first detailed study of the impact of a solvent on the surface chemistry of Cr(2)O(3), the passivating layer of stainless steel alloys. In comparison to a vacuum, we predict that the presence of water has little impact on the adsorption of chloride ions to the oxygen-terminated surface but has a dramatic effect on the binding of hydrogen to that surface. These results indicate that the dielectric screening properties of water are important to the passivating effects of the oxygen-terminated surface.
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- S A Petrosyan
- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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McInroy AR, Lundie DT, Winfield JM, Dudman CC, Jones P, Parker SF, Lennon D. The interaction of alumina with HCl: An infrared spectroscopy, temperature-programmed desorption and inelastic neutron scattering study. Catal Today 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2006.02.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sorescu DC, Boatz JA, Thompson DL. First-Principles Calculations of the Adsorption of Nitromethane and 1,1-Diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) Molecules on the α-Al2O3(0001) Surface. J Phys Chem B 2005; 109:1451-63. [PMID: 16851116 DOI: 10.1021/jp046193k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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First-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) and the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) have been used to study the adsorption of nitromethane (NM) and 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) molecules on the basal plane of an alpha-Al(2)O(3) crystal. The calculations employ a (2 x 2) supercell slab model and 3D periodic boundary conditions. On the basis of these calculations, we have determined that both NM and FOX-7 molecules can adsorb nondissociatively on the surface with the most stable adsorption configurations parallel to the surface. The binding energies are in the range 25.3-26.0 kcal/mol for NM and 35.6-48.3 kcal/mol for FOX-7 depending on the relative molecular orientation and the surface sites. The minimum energy pathways for NM dissociation have been determined, and a low-energy pathway leading to H-atom elimination with formation of adsorbed CH(2)NO(2) and hydroxyl species has been identified. Additional calculations have focused on adsorption properties of aci-nitromethane tautomers and on description of the energetic pathways connecting adsorbed nitromethane molecule with these tautomers.
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- Dan C Sorescu
- National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
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Ma G, Liu D, Allen HC. Piperidine adsorption on hydrated alpha-alumina (0001) surface studied by vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2004; 20:11620-11629. [PMID: 15595791 DOI: 10.1021/la0487343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The adsorption of piperidine vapor on the hydrated alumina (alpha-Al2O3, corundum) (0001) surface was investigated using vibrational broad bandwidth and scanning sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy. The interfacial vibrational signature in the C-H stretching region of piperidine at the alumina (0001) surface is shown to be a sensitive spectroscopic probe revealing the adsorption mechanism. The neat piperidine surface, aqueous piperidine surface, and aqueous piperidium chloride surface were also investigated in the C-H stretching region by SFG to establish vibrational reference frequencies. After piperidine adsorption, piperidine vapor was removed and piperidine was found to be chemisorbed onto the alumina (0001) surface through protonation by surface hydroxyl groups. The O-H stretching region of the alumina surface before and after piperidine adsorption was also investigated, and the results revealed the decrease of the surface number density of alumina surface hydroxyl groups.
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- Gang Ma
- Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18 Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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