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Roy A, Samanta S, Ray S, S SK, Mondal P. Unraveling the mystery of solvation-dependent fluorescence of fluorescein dianion using computational study. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:034302. [PMID: 38235793 DOI: 10.1063/5.0180218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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Fluorescein, one of the brightest fluorescent dye molecules, is a widely used fluorophore for various applications from biomedicine to industry. The dianionic form of fluorescein is responsible for its high fluorescence quantum yield. Interestingly, the molecule was found to be nonfluorescent in the gas phase. This characteristic is attributed to the photodetachment process, which out-competes the fluorescence emission in the gas phase. In this work, we show that the calculated vertical and adiabatic detachment energies of fluorescein dianion in the gas and solvent phases account for the drastic differences observed in their fluorescence characteristics. The functional dependence of these detachment energies on the dianion's microsolvation was systematically investigated. The performance of different solvent models was also assessed. The higher thermodynamic stability of fluorescein dianion over the monoanion doublet in the solvent phase plays a crucial role in quenching photodetachment and activating the radiative channel with a high fluorescence quantum yield.
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- Abheek Roy
- Department of Physics and Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences and Technologies (CAMOST), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences and Technologies (CAMOST), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences and Technologies (CAMOST), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Physics and Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences and Technologies (CAMOST), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences and Technologies (CAMOST), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Tirupati, India
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Wu R, Wang L. Insight into the solvent effects on ethanol oxidation on Ir(100). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:2190-2202. [PMID: 36594349 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04899j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Solvent effects have always been a non-negligible factor for aqueous catalytic reactions, though few studies have been devoted towards the molecular understanding and impact of solvent effects on catalysis. In this work, we investigated ethanol dehydrogenation and C-C bond cleavage over Ir(100) in an aqueous solution using density functional theory calculations with both the implicit and explicit solvent models and transition state theory-based kinetics simulations. The results show that solvent polarization assists the α- and β-dehydrogenation of ethanol on Ir(100) in the aqueous solution and hydrogen bonding also assists the ethanol β-dehydrogenation and C-C bond cleavage in CH2CO. The hydrogen bond between the ethanol and water molecule hinders ethanol hydroxyl dehydrogenation while the CHCO⋯H2O hydrogen bond radically alters the adsorption configuration of CHCO, which leads to an increase in the C-C cleavage barrier by 2.5 fold. Furthermore, the solvent changes the reaction pathways significantly. In an aqueous solution, ethanol β-dehydrogenation on Ir(100) is the dominant ethanol dehydrogenation pathway and C-C bond cleavage occurs predominantly via CH2CO species.
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- Ruitao Wu
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Sciences and the Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, USA.
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Sciences and the Materials Technology Center, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, USA.
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Steinmann SN, Michel C. How to Gain Atomistic Insights on Reactions at the Water/Solid Interface? ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Stephan N. Steinmann
- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie
UMR 5182, 46 allée d’Italie, F-69364 Lyon, France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie
UMR 5182, 46 allée d’Italie, F-69364 Lyon, France
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Nogueira D, Oliveira RR, Rocha AB. Microsolvation effect on chlorination reaction of simple alcohols. INT J CHEM KINET 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.21567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Diogo Nogueira
- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro RJ Brazil
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Barth I, Akinola J, Lee J, Gutiérrez OY, Sanyal U, Singh N, Goldsmith BR. Explaining the structure sensitivity of Pt and Rh for aqueous-phase hydrogenation of phenol. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:104703. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0085298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Phenol is an important model compound to understand the thermocatalytic (TCH) and electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) of biomass to biofuels. Although Pt and Rh are among the most studied catalysts for aqueous-phase phenol hydrogenation, the reason why certain facets are active for ECH and TCH is not fully understood. Herein, we identify the active facet of Pt and Rh catalysts for aqueous-phase hydrogenation of phenol and explain the origin of the size-dependent activity trends of Pt and Rh nanoparticles. Phenol adsorption energies extracted on the active sites of Pt and Rh nanoparticles on carbon by fitting kinetic data show that the active sites adsorb phenol weakly. We predict that the turnover frequencies (TOFs) for the hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone on Pt(111) and Rh(111) terraces are higher than those on (221) stepped facets based on density functional theory modeling and mean-field microkinetic simulations. The higher activities of the (111) terraces are due to lower activation energies and weaker phenol adsorption, preventing high coverages of phenol from inhibiting hydrogen adsorption. We measure that the TOF for ECH of phenol increases as the Rh nanoparticle diameter increases from 2 to 10 nm at 298 K and −0.1 V vs the reversible hydrogen electrode, qualitatively matching prior reports for Pt nanoparticles. The increase in experimental TOFs as Pt and Rh nanoparticle diameters increase is due to a larger fraction of terraces on larger particles. These findings clarify the structure sensitivity and active site of Pt and Rh for the hydrogenation of phenol and will inform the catalyst design for the hydrogenation of bio-oils.
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- Isaiah Barth
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA
- Catalysis Science and Technology Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA
- Catalysis Science and Technology Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA
- Catalysis Science and Technology Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA
- Catalysis Science and Technology Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA
- Catalysis Science and Technology Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA
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Chukwu KC, Árnadóttir L. Effects of Co-adsorbed Water on Different Bond Cleavages of Oxygenates on Pd (111). ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Kingsley C. Chukwu
- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Parvulescu VI, Epron F, Garcia H, Granger P. Recent Progress and Prospects in Catalytic Water Treatment. Chem Rev 2021; 122:2981-3121. [PMID: 34874709 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Presently, conventional technologies in water treatment are not efficient enough to completely mineralize refractory water contaminants. In this context, the implementation of catalytic processes could be an alternative. Despite the advantages provided in terms of kinetics of transformation, selectivity, and energy saving, numerous attempts have not yet led to implementation at an industrial scale. This review examines investigations at different scales for which controversies and limitations must be solved to bridge the gap between fundamentals and practical developments. Particular attention has been paid to the development of solar-driven catalytic technologies and some other emerging processes, such as microwave assisted catalysis, plasma-catalytic processes, or biocatalytic remediation, taking into account their specific advantages and the drawbacks. Challenges for which a better understanding related to the complexity of the systems and the coexistence of various solid-liquid-gas interfaces have been identified.
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- Vasile I Parvulescu
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, University of Bucharest, B-dul Regina Elisabeta 4-12, Bucharest 030016, Romania
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- Université de Poitiers, CNRS UMR 7285, Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (IC2MP), 4 rue Michel Brunet, TSA 51106, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat Politencia de Valencia, Av. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- CNRS, Centrale Lille, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, Univ. Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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Mei Y, Deskins NA. An evaluation of solvent effects and ethanol oxidation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:16180-16192. [PMID: 34297022 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00630d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Understanding liquid-metal interfaces in catalysis is important, as the liquid can speed up surface reactions, increase the selectivity of products, and open up new favorable reaction pathways. In this work we modeled using density functional theory various steps in ethanol oxidation/decomposition over Rh(111). We considered implicit (continuum), explicit, and hybrid (implicit combined with explicit) solvation approaches, as well as two solvents, water and ethanol. We focused on modeling adsorption steps, as well as C-C/C-H bond scission and C-O bond formation reactions. Implicit solvation had very little effect on adsorption and reaction free energies. However, using the explicit and hybrid models, some free energies changed significantly. Furthermore, ethanol solvent had a more considerable impact than water solvent. We observed that preferred reaction pathways for C-C scission changed depending on the solvation model and solvent choice (ethanol or water). We also applied the bond-additivity solvation method to calculate heats of adsorption. Heats of adsorption and reaction using the bond-additivity model followed the same trends as the other solvation models, but were ∼1.1 eV more endothermic. Our work highlights how different solvation approaches can influence analysis of the oxidation/decomposition of organic surface species.
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- Yuhan Mei
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609, USA.
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Clabaut P, Schweitzer B, Götz AW, Michel C, Steinmann SN. Solvation Free Energies and Adsorption Energies at the Metal/Water Interface from Hybrid Quantum-Mechanical/Molecular Mechanics Simulations. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:6539-6549. [PMID: 32931268 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Modeling adsorption at metal/water interfaces is a cornerstone toward an improved understanding in a variety of fields from heterogeneous catalysis to corrosion. We propose and validate a hybrid scheme that combines the adsorption free energies obtained in the gas phase at the density functional theory level with the variation in solvation from the bulk phase to the interface evaluated using a MM-based alchemical transformation, denoted MMsolv. Using the GAL17 force field for the platinum/water interaction, we retrieve a qualitatively correct interaction energy of the water solvent at the interface. This interaction is of near chemisorption character and thus challenging, both for the alchemical transformation and also for the fixed point-charge electrostatics. Our scheme passes through a state characterized by a well-behaved physisorption potential for the Pt(111)/H2O interaction to converge the free energy difference. The workflow is implemented in the freely available SolvHybrid package. We first assess the adsorption of a water molecule at the Pt/water interface, which turns out to be a stringent test. The intrinsic error of our quantum-mechanical/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) hybrid scheme is limited to 6 kcal mol-1 through the introduction of a correction term to attenuate the electrostatic interaction between near-chemisorbed water molecules and the underlying Pt atoms. Next, we show that the MMsolv solvation free energy of Pt (-0.46 J m-2) is in good agreement with the experimental estimate (-0.32 J m-2). Furthermore, we show that the entropy contribution at room temperature is roughly of equal magnitude as the free energy but with an opposite sign. Finally, we compute the adsorption energy of benzene and phenol at the Pt(111)/water interface, one of the rare systems for which experimental data are available. In qualitative agreement with the experiment, but in stark contrast with a standard implicit solvent model, the adsorption of these aromatic molecules is strongly reduced (i.e., less exothermic by ∼30 and 40 kcal mol-1 for our QM/MM hybrid scheme and experiment, respectively, but ∼0 with the implicit solvent) at the solid/liquid interface compared to the solid/gas interface. This reduction occurs mainly because of the competition between the organic adsorbate and the solvent for adsorption on the metallic surface. The semiquantitative agreement with experimental estimates for the adsorption energy of aromatic molecules thus validates the soundness of our hybrid QM/MM scheme.
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- Paul Clabaut
- Univ. Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratorie de Chimie, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- Univ. Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratorie de Chimie, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Univ. Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratorie de Chimie, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- Univ. Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratorie de Chimie, F-69342 Lyon, France
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Abidi N, Lim KRG, Seh ZW, Steinmann SN. Atomistic modeling of electrocatalysis: Are we there yet? WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Nawras Abidi
- Univ Lyon, Ens de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, F69342, Lyon France
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore
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- Univ Lyon, Ens de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie, F69342, Lyon France
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Clabaut P, Staub R, Galiana J, Antonetti E, Steinmann SN. Water adlayers on noble metal surfaces: Insights from energy decomposition analysis. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:054703. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0013040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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- Paul Clabaut
- Univ Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, 46 allée d’Italie, F-69364 Lyon, France
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- Univ Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, 46 allée d’Italie, F-69364 Lyon, France
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- Univ Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, 46 allée d’Italie, F-69364 Lyon, France
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- Univ Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, 46 allée d’Italie, F-69364 Lyon, France
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- Univ Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, 46 allée d’Italie, F-69364 Lyon, France
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Clabaut P, Fleurat-Lessard P, Michel C, Steinmann SN. Ten Facets, One Force Field: The GAL19 Force Field for Water-Noble Metal Interfaces. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:4565-4578. [PMID: 32413265 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Understanding the structure of the water/metal interfaces plays an important role in many areas ranging from surface chemistry to environmental processes. The size, required phase-space sampling, and the slow diffusion of molecules at the water/metal interfaces motivate the development of accurate force fields. We develop and parametrize GAL19, a novel force field, to describe the interaction of water with two facets (111 and 100) of five metals (Pt, Pd, Au, Ag, Cu). To increase transferability compared to its predecessor GAL17, the water-metal interaction is described as a sum of pairwise terms. The interaction energy has three contributions: (i) physisorption is described via a Tang and Toennies potential, (ii) chemisorption and surface corrugation rely on an attractive Gaussian term, and (iii) the angular dependence is explicitly included as a truncated Fourier series. Thirteen parameters are used for each metal surface and were fitted on 250 water adsorption energies computed at the PBE+dDsC level. The performance of GAL19 was evaluated on a set of more than 600 DFT adsorption energies for each surface, leading to an average root-mean-square deviation of only 1 kcal/mol, correctly reproducing the adsorption trends: strong on Pt and Pd but weaker on Ag, Au, and Cu. This force field was then used to simulate the water/metal interface for all ten surfaces for 1 ns. Structural analyses reveal similar tendencies for all surfaces: a first, dense water layer that is mostly adsorbed on the metal top sites and a second layer up to around 6 Å, which is less structured. On Pt and Pd, the first layer is strongly organized with water lying flat on the surface. The pairwise additive functional form allows one to simulate the water adsorption on alloys, which is demonstrated at the example of Ag/Cu and Au/Pt alloys. The water/Ag-Cu interface is predicted to be disordered with water mostly adsorbed on Cu which should exacerbate the Ag reactivity. On the contrary, incorporating Pt into Au materials leads to a structuring of the water interface. Our promising results make GAL19 an ideal candidate to get representative sampling of complex metal/water interfaces as a first step toward accurate estimation of free energies of reactions in solution at the metal interface.
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- Paul Clabaut
- Univ. Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratorie de Chimie, 46 allée d'Italie, F-69364 Lyon, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne (ICMUB), UMR CNRS 6302, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté (UBFC), 9 avenue Alain Savary 21078 Dijon, France
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- Univ. Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratorie de Chimie, 46 allée d'Italie, F-69364 Lyon, France
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- Univ. Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5182, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Laboratorie de Chimie, 46 allée d'Italie, F-69364 Lyon, France
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Curutchet A, Colinet P, Michel C, Steinmann SN, Le Bahers T. Two-sites are better than one: revisiting the OER mechanism on CoOOH by DFT with electrode polarization. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:7031-7038. [PMID: 32195492 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00281j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We uncover the existence of several competitive mechanisms of water oxidation on the β-CoOOH (10-14) surface by going beyond the classical 4-step mechanism frequently used to study this reaction at the DFT level. Our results demonstrate the importance of two-site reactivity and of purely chemical steps with the associated activation energies. Taking the electrochemical potential explicitly into account leads to modifications of the reaction energy profiles finally leading to the proposition of a new family of mechanisms involving tetraoxidane intermediates. The two-site mechanisms revealed in this work are of key importance to rationalize and predict the impact of dopants in the design of future catalysts.
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- Antton Curutchet
- Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, Lyon, France.
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- Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, Lyon, France.
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- Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, Lyon, France.
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- Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, Lyon, France.
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- Univ Lyon, ENS de Lyon, CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Chimie UMR 5182, Lyon, France.
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Pliego JR, Riveros JM. Hybrid discrete‐continuum solvation methods. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Josefredo R. Pliego
- Departamento de Ciências Naturais Universidade Federal de São João del‐Rei São João del‐Rei Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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Gomes JRB, Viñes F, Illas F, Fajín JLC. Implicit solvent effects in the determination of Brønsted–Evans–Polanyi relationships for heterogeneously catalyzed reactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:17687-17695. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp02817j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The Brønsted–Evans–Polanyi relationship derived for the water dissociation reaction within an implicit solvent approach is similar to that without such effects.
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- José R. B. Gomes
- CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials
- Departamento de Química
- Universidade de Aveiro
- Campus Universitário de Santiago
- 3810-193 Aveiro
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- Departament de Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB)
- Universitat de Barcelona
- c/Martí i Franquès 1
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Departament de Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB)
- Universitat de Barcelona
- c/Martí i Franquès 1
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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- LAQV@REQUIMTE
- Faculdade de Ciências
- Universidade do Porto
- P-4169-007 Porto
- Portugal
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