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Piechota J, Krukowski S, Sadovyi B, Sadovyi P, Porowski S, Grzegory I. Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Insight to Structural Phase Transition and Thermal Decomposition of InN. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:8281. [PMID: 39125851 PMCID: PMC11313133 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25158281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2024] [Revised: 07/16/2024] [Accepted: 07/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Extensive ab initio density functional theory molecular dynamics calculations were used to evaluate stability conditions for relevant phases of InN. In particular, the p-T conditions of the thermal decomposition of InN and pressure-induced wurtzite-rocksalt solid-solid phase transition were established. The comparison of the simulation results with the available experimental data allowed for a critical evaluation of the capabilities and limitations of the proposed simulation method. It is shown that ab initio molecular dynamics can be used as an efficient tool for simulations of phase transformations of InN, including solid-solid structural transition and thermal decomposition with formation of N2 molecules. It is of high interest, because InN is an important component of epitaxial quantum structures, but it has not been obtained as a bulk single crystal. This makes it difficult to determine its basic physical properties to develop new applications.
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- Jacek Piechota
- Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 29/37, Sokolowska Street, 01-142 Warsaw, Poland; (S.K.); (B.S.); (P.S.); (S.P.)
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- Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 29/37, Sokolowska Street, 01-142 Warsaw, Poland; (S.K.); (B.S.); (P.S.); (S.P.)
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Shiraishi Y, Akiyama S, Hiramatsu W, Adachi K, Ichikawa S, Hirai T. Sunlight-Driven Nitrate-to-Ammonia Reduction with Water by Iron Oxyhydroxide Photocatalysts. JACS AU 2024; 4:1863-1874. [PMID: 38818053 PMCID: PMC11134386 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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The photocatalytic reduction of harmful nitrates (NO3-) in strongly acidic wastewater to ammonia (NH3) under sunlight is crucial for the recycling of limited nitrogen resources. This study reports that a naturally occurring Cl--containing iron oxyhydroxide (akaganeite) powder with surface oxygen vacancies (β-FeOOH(Cl)-OVs) facilitates this transformation. Ultraviolet light irradiation of the catalyst suspended in a Cl--containing solution promoted quantitative NO3--to-NH3 reduction with water under ambient conditions. The photogenerated conduction band electrons promoted the reduction of NO3--to-NH3 over the OVs. The valence band holes promoted self-oxidation of Cl- as the direct electron donor and eliminated Cl- was compensated from the solution. Photodecomposition of the generated hypochlorous acid (HClO) produced O2, facilitating catalytic reduction of NO3--to-NH3 with water as the electron donor in the entire system. Simulated sunlight irradiation of the catalyst in a strongly acidic nitric acid (HNO3) solution (pH ∼ 1) containing Cl- stably generated NH3 with a solar-to-chemical conversion efficiency of ∼0.025%. This strategy paves the way for sustainable NH3 production from wastewater.
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- Yasuhiro Shiraishi
- Research Center
for Solar Energy Chemistry and Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
- Innovative Catalysis Science
Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives
(ICS-OTRI), Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Japan
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- Research Center
for Solar Energy Chemistry and Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Research Center
for Solar Energy Chemistry and Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Research Center
for Solar Energy Chemistry and Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Research Center for Ultra-High
Voltage Electron Microscopy, Osaka University, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center
for Solar Energy Chemistry and Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
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Sun L, Dai C, Wang T, Jin X, Xu ZJ, Wang X. Modulating the Electronic Structure of Cobalt in Molecular Catalysts via Coordination Environment Regulation for Highly Efficient Heterogeneous Nitrate Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202320027. [PMID: 38317616 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202320027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Ammonia (NH3) is pivotal in modern industry and represents a promising next-generation carbon-free energy carrier. Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction (eNO3RR) presents viable solutions for NH3 production and removal of ambient nitrate pollutants. However, the development of eNO3RR is hindered by lacking the efficient electrocatalysts. To address this challenge, we synthesized a series of macrocyclic molecular catalysts for the heterogeneous eNO3RR. These materials possess different coordination environments around metal centers by surrounding subunits. Consequently, electronic structures of the active centers can be altered, enabling tunable activity towards eNO3RR. Our investigation reveals that metal center with an N2(pyrrole)-N2(pyridine) configuration demonstrates superior activity over the others and achieves a high NH3 Faradaic efficiency (FE) of over 90 % within the tested range, where the highest FE of approximately 94 % is obtained. Furthermore, it achieves a production rate of 11.28 mg mgcat -1 h-1, and a turnover frequency of up to 3.28 s-1. Further tests disclose that these molecular catalysts with diverse coordination environments showed different magnetic moments. Theoretical calculation results indicate that variated coordination environments can result in a d-band center variation which eventually affects rate-determining step energy and calculated magnetic moments, thus establishing a correlation between electronic structure, experimental activity, and computational parameters.
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- Libo Sun
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, 999077, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore Ltd (Cambridge CARES), CREATE Tower, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
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- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore Ltd (Cambridge CARES), CREATE Tower, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore Ltd (Cambridge CARES), CREATE Tower, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
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- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore Ltd (Cambridge CARES), CREATE Tower, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
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- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore Ltd (Cambridge CARES), CREATE Tower, Singapore, 138602, Singapore
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, 999077, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, 999077, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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Kim Y, Ko J, Shim M, Park J, Shin HH, Kim ZH, Jung Y, Byon HR. Identifying the active sites and intermediates on copper surfaces for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia. Chem Sci 2024; 15:2578-2585. [PMID: 38362436 PMCID: PMC10866343 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05793c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
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Copper (Cu) is a widely used catalyst for the nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR), but its susceptibility to surface oxidation and complex electrochemical conditions hinders the identification of active sites. Here, we employed electropolished metallic Cu with a predominant (100) surface and compared it to native oxide-covered Cu. The electropolished Cu surface rapidly oxidized after exposure to either air or electrolyte solutions. However, this oxide was reduced below 0.1 V vs. RHE, thus returning to the metallic Cu before NO3RR. It was distinguished from the native oxide on Cu, which remained during NO3RR. Fast NO3- and NO reduction on the metallic Cu delivered 91.5 ± 3.7% faradaic efficiency for NH3 at -0.4 V vs. RHE. In contrast, the native oxide on Cu formed undesired products and low NH3 yield. Operando shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) analysis revealed the adsorbed NO3-, NO2, and NO species on the electropolished Cu as the intermediates of NH3. Low overpotential NO3- and NO adsorptions and favorable NO reduction are key to increased NH3 productivity over Cu samples, which was consistent with the DFT calculation on Cu(100).
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- Yohan Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 291, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University Seoul 08826 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 291, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 291, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University Seoul 08826 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University Seoul 08826 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University Seoul 08826 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 291, Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea
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Zhang S, Zha Y, Ye Y, Li K, Lin Y, Zheng L, Wang G, Zhang Y, Yin H, Shi T, Zhang H. Oxygen-Coordinated Single Mn Sites for Efficient Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2023; 16:9. [PMID: 37932531 PMCID: PMC10628069 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01217-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
Abstract
Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction has attracted increasing attention due to its goal of low carbon emission and environmental protection. Here, we report an efficient NitRR catalyst composed of single Mn sites with atomically dispersed oxygen (O) coordination on bacterial cellulose-converted graphitic carbon (Mn-O-C). Evidence of the atomically dispersed Mn-(O-C2)4 moieties embedding in the exposed basal plane of carbon surface is confirmed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. As a result, the as-synthesized Mn-O-C catalyst exhibits superior NitRR activity with an NH3 yield rate (RNH3) of 1476.9 ± 62.6 μg h-1 cm-2 at - 0.7 V (vs. reversible hydrogen electrode, RHE) and a faradaic efficiency (FE) of 89.0 ± 3.8% at - 0.5 V (vs. RHE) under ambient conditions. Further, when evaluated with a practical flow cell, Mn-O-C shows a high RNH3 of 3706.7 ± 552.0 μg h-1 cm-2 at a current density of 100 mA cm-2, 2.5 times of that in the H cell. The in situ FT-IR and Raman spectroscopic studies combined with theoretical calculations indicate that the Mn-(O-C2)4 sites not only effectively inhibit the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction, but also greatly promote the adsorption and activation of nitrate (NO3-), thus boosting both the FE and selectivity of NH3 over Mn-(O-C2)4 sites.
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- Shengbo Zhang
- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People's Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People's Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People's Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Sensors, Ministry of Agriculture, School of Information and Computer, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China.
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People's Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People's Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People's Republic of China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People's Republic of China.
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China.
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- Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People's Republic of China.
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People's Republic of China.
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Jia S, Tan X, Wu L, Feng J, Zhang L, Xu L, Wang R, Sun X, Han B. Defective PrOx for Efficient Electrochemical NO2−-to-NH3 in a Wide Potential Range. CHEMISTRY 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/chemistry5020053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrite (NO2−) is a sustainable and carbon-neutral approach to producing green ammonia (NH3). We herein report the first work on building defects on PrOx for electrochemical NO2− reduction to NH3, and demonstrate a high NH3 yield of 2870 μg h−1 cm−2 at the optimal potential of –0.7 V with a faradaic efficiency (FE) of 97.6% and excellent FEs of >94% at a wide given potential range (−0.5 to −0.8 V). The kinetic isotope effect (KIE) study suggested that the reaction involved promoted hydrogenation. Theoretical calculations clarified that there was an accelerated rate-determining step of NO2− reduction on PrOx. The results also indicated that PrOx could be durable for long-term electrosynthesis and cycling tests.
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Zhang J, He W, Quast T, Junqueira JRC, Saddeler S, Schulz S, Schuhmann W. Single-entity Electrochemistry Unveils Dynamic Transformation during Tandem Catalysis of Cu 2 O and Co 3 O 4 for Converting NO 3 - to NH 3. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202214830. [PMID: 36469860 PMCID: PMC10108016 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Electrochemically converting nitrate to ammonia is an essential and sustainable approach to restoring the globally perturbed nitrogen cycle. The rational design of catalysts for the nitrate reduction reaction (NO3 RR) based on a detailed understanding of the reaction mechanism is of high significance. We report a Cu2 O+Co3 O4 tandem catalyst which enhances the NH3 production rate by ≈2.7-fold compared to Co3 O4 and ≈7.5-fold compared with Cu2 O, respectively, however, most importantly, we precisely place single Cu2 O and Co3 O4 cube-shaped nanoparticles individually and together on carbon nanoelectrodes provide insight into the mechanism of the tandem catalysis. The structural and phase evolution of the individual Cu2 O+Co3 O4 nanocubes during NO3 RR is unveiled using identical location transmission electron microscopy. Combining single-entity electrochemistry with precise nano-placement sheds light on the dynamic transformation of single catalyst particles during tandem catalysis in a direct way.
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- Jian Zhang
- Analytical Chemistry-Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry-Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry-Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry-Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry-Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany.,Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (Cenide), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (Cenide), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry-Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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Urrego-Ortiz R, Builes S, Calle-Vallejo F. Automated versus Chemically Intuitive Deconvolution of Density Functional Theory (DFT)-Based Gas-Phase Errors in Nitrogen Compounds. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022; 61:13375-13382. [PMID: 36123997 PMCID: PMC9479071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
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Catalysis models involving metal surfaces and gases are
regularly
based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations at the generalized
gradient approximation (GGA). Such models may have large errors in
view of the poor DFT-GGA description of gas-phase molecules with multiple
bonds. Here, we analyze three correction schemes for the PBE-calculated
Gibbs energies of formation of 13 nitrogen compounds. The first scheme
is sequential and based on chemical intuition, the second one is an
automated optimization based on chemical bonds, and the third one
is an automated optimization that capitalizes on the errors found
by the first scheme. The mean and maximum absolute errors are brought
down close to chemical accuracy by the third approach by correcting
the inaccuracies in the NNO and ONO backbones and those in N–O
and N–N bonds. This work shows that chemical intuition and
automated optimization can be combined to swiftly enhance the predictiveness
of DFT-GGA calculations of gases.
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- Ricardo Urrego-Ortiz
- Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas e Ingeniería, Universidad EAFIT, Carrera 49 # 7 sur 50, 050022, Medellín, Colombia
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- Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas e Ingeniería, Universidad EAFIT, Carrera 49 # 7 sur 50, 050022, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Physics & Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Nano-Bio Spectroscopy Group and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF), Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avenida Tolosa 72, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza de Euskadi 5, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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Sulay R, Krishnan A, Muralikrishna B, Devadas S, Rajalakshmi C, Mathew J, Thomas VI. A Quantum Chemical Investigation into the Molecular Mechanism of the Atmospheric Reactions of Chemi-Ions with Nitrogen and Nitrogen Oxides. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 24:1257. [PMID: 36141143 PMCID: PMC9497496 DOI: 10.3390/e24091257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Nitrogen oxides and chemi-ions are atmospheric pollutants with considerable aeronomic interest. These toxicants can react with each other, producing various ionic species and highly reactive by-products that play a crucial role in aerosol clustering and mediate several important atmospheric reactions. Understanding the chemical reactivity of these pollutants can provide essential information for controlling their excess emission into the atmosphere. Computational modeling and electronic structure studies help in predicting the structure, reactivity, and thermodynamics of transient atmospheric chemical species and can guide experimental research by providing vital mechanistic insights and data. In the present study, a computational investigation into the mechanisms of the binary associative reactions between negative ions: O2- and O3- with NO, NO2, and N2 was conducted using the Coupled-Cluster Singles and Doubles (CCSD) theory. Five model reactions between N2/NOx with On- (n = 2, 3) were considered in this work. Our calculations revealed that reactions (2) and (5) are two sequential processes involving intermediates, and all others occur in a concerted manner by direct transitions from the reactants to the products, with no isolable intermediates proceeding via single non-planar transition states. Our study revealed that the higher activation barrier required for the formation of NO3- (2) as compared to NO2- (1) could be the reason for the excess formation of NO2- ions over NO3- ions in the atmosphere. Further, all the investigated reactions except (5) are found to be feasible at room temperature. The energy required to break N-N bonds in the N2 molecule justifies the high barrier for (5). The results obtained from the study are in close agreement with the available experimental data. Moreover, the data from the study can be utilized for the evaluation of experiments and model predictions pertaining to NOx oxidation and molecular modeling of the gas-phase chemistry of pollutants/nucleation precursors formed in the Earth's atmosphere and aircraft engines.
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- Rehin Sulay
- Department of Chemistry, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kottayam 686001, Kerala, India
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- Department of Chemistry, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kottayam 686001, Kerala, India
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- Department of Chemistry, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kottayam 686001, Kerala, India
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- Department of Chemistry, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kottayam 686001, Kerala, India
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- Department of Chemistry, CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Kottayam 686001, Kerala, India
- Institute for Integrated Programmes and Research in Basic Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills P.O., Kottayam 686560, Kerala, India
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Urrego-Ortiz R, Builes S, Calle-Vallejo F. Impact of Intrinsic Density Functional Theory Errors on the Predictive Power of Nitrogen Cycle Electrocatalysis Models. ACS Catal 2022; 12:4784-4791. [PMID: 35465243 PMCID: PMC9017217 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Ricardo Urrego-Ortiz
- Departamento de Ingeniería de Procesos, Universidad EAFIT, Carrera 49 No 7 sur 50, 050022 Medellín, Colombia
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- Departamento de Ingeniería de Procesos, Universidad EAFIT, Carrera 49 No 7 sur 50, 050022 Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Physics & Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB), University of Barcelona, C/Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Bergantini A, de Barros ALF, Toribio NN, Rothard H, Boduch P, da Silveira EF. Infrared Spectroscopic Study on Swift-Ion Irradiation of Solid N 2O-H 2O Samples: Synthesis of N-O Bearing Species in Astrophysical Ices. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:2007-2017. [PMID: 35302766 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c00768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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As of early 2022, only six species bearing an N-O bond have been detected toward cold molecular clouds and regions of star formation. It is not clear yet if the small number of N-O bond species found in the interstellar medium so far stems from physical and technological limitations of astronomical detection techniques, or whether in fact molecules that bear an N-O bond are for some reason rare in these objects of the interstellar medium. Astronomical N-O bearing molecules are important because they are part of astrochemical models which propose that they are precursors of hydroxylamine (NH2OH), a species linked to the formation of prebiotic amino acids in space. The aim of this study is the better understanding of the open question of the interstellar synthesis of N-O bearing species. We have analyzed by infrared spectroscopy an astrophysically relevant polar ice mixture of N2O:H2O processed by 90 MeV 136Xe23+ ions, which can mimic the physicochemical processes triggered by cosmic rays in water-covered interstellar ice grains. The results show the formation of N2O3 and of H2O2, but no HN-O species of any kind were detected. Such findings are discussed in light of recent studies from our group and from the literature.
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- Alexandre Bergantini
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Avenida Maracanã 229, 20271-110, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Physics, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Avenida Maracanã 229, 20271-110, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Physics, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Avenida Maracanã 229, 20271-110, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centre de Recherche sur les Ions, les Matériaux et la Photonique (CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN/Normandie Université), CIMAP-CIRIL-Ganil, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, CS 65133, Caen 14076 Cedex 5, France
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- Centre de Recherche sur les Ions, les Matériaux et la Photonique (CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN/Normandie Université), CIMAP-CIRIL-Ganil, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, CS 65133, Caen 14076 Cedex 5, France
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- Department of Physics, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Marquês de São Vicente 225, 22451-900, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Zhao D, Liang J, Li J, Zhang L, Dong K, Yue L, Luo Y, Ren Y, Liu Q, Hamdy MS, Li Q, Kong Q, Sun X. A TiO 2-x nanobelt array with oxygen vacancies: an efficient electrocatalyst toward nitrite conversion to ammonia. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:3669-3672. [PMID: 35224596 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00856d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Electrocatalytic nitrite reduction not only holds significant potential in the control of nitrite contamination in the natural environment, but also is an attractive approach for sustainable ammonia synthesis. In this communication, we report that a TiO2-x nanobelt array with oxygen vacancies on a titanium plate is able to convert nitrite into ammonia with a high faradaic efficiency of 92.7% and a large yield of 7898 μg h-1 cm-2 in alkaline solution. This monolithic catalyst also shows high durability with the maintenance of its catalytic activity for 12 h. Theoretical calculations further reveal the critical role of oxygen vacancies in nitrite electroreduction.
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- Donglin Zhao
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- Catalysis Research Group (CRG), Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China. .,College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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Wen G, Liang J, Zhang L, Li T, Liu Q, An X, Shi X, Liu Y, Gao S, Asiri AM, Luo Y, Kong Q, Sun X. Ni 2P nanosheet array for high-efficiency electrohydrogenation of nitrite to ammonia at ambient conditions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 606:1055-1063. [PMID: 34487928 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.08.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Ammonia (NH3) plays an important role in agriculture and industry. The industry-scale production mainly depends on the Haber-Bosch process suffering from issues of environment pollution and energy consumption. Electrochemical reduction can degrade nitrite (NO2-) pollutants in the environment and convert it into more valuable NH3. Here, Ni2P nanosheet array on nickel foam is proposed as a 3D electrocatalyst for high-efficiency electrohydrogenation of NO2- to NH3 under ambient reaction conditions. When tested in 0.1 M phosphate buffer saline with 200 ppm NO2-, such Ni2P/NF is able to obtain a large NH3 yield rate of 2692.2 ± 92.1 μg h-1 cm-2 (3282.9 ± 112.3 μg h-1 mgcat.-1), a high Faradic efficiency of 90.2 ± 3.0%, and selectivity of 87.0 ± 1.7% at -0.3 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode. After 10 h of electrocatalytic reduction, the conversion rate of NO2- achieves near 100%. The catalytic mechanism is further investigated by density functional theory calculations.
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- Guilai Wen
- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science & Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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Beagan DM, Cabelof AC, Pepin R, Pink M, Carta V, Caulton KG. An Integrated View of Nitrogen Oxyanion Deoxygenation in Solution Chemistry and Electrospray Ion Production. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:17241-17248. [PMID: 34705459 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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There has been an increasing interest in chemistry involving nitrogen oxyanions, largely due to the environmental hazards associated with increased concentrations of these anions leading to eutrophication and aquatic "dead zones". Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a suite of MNOx complexes (M = Co, Zn: x = 2, 3). Reductive deoxygenation of cobalt bis(nitrite) complexes with bis(boryl)pyrazine is faster for cobalt than previously reported nickel, and pendant O-bound nitrito ligand is still readily deoxygenated, despite potential implication of an isonitrosyl primary product. Deoxygenation of zinc oxyanion complexes is also facile, despite zinc being unable to stabilize a nitrosyl ligand, with liberation of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide, indicating N-N bond formation. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is effective for discriminating the types of nitrogen in these molecules. ESI mass spectrometry of a suite of M(NOx)y (x = 2, 3 and y = 1, 2) shows that the primary form of ionization is loss of an oxyanion ligand, which can be alleviated via the addition of tetrabutylammonium (TBA) as a nonintuitive cation pair for the neutral oxyanion complexes. We have shown these complexes to be subject to deoxygenation, and there is evidence for nitrogen oxyanion reduction in several cases in the ESI plume. The attractive force between cation and neutral is explored experimentally and computationally and attributed to hydrogen bonding of the nitrogen oxyanion ligands with ammonium α-CH2 protons. One example of ESI-induced reductive dimerization is mimicked by bulk solution synthesis, and that product is characterized by X-ray diffraction to contain two Co(NO)2+ groups linked by a highly conjugated diazapolyene.
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- Daniel M Beagan
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Sun WJ, Ji HQ, Li LX, Zhang HY, Wang ZK, He JH, Lu JM. Built-in Electric Field Triggered Interfacial Accumulation Effect for Efficient Nitrate Removal at Ultra-Low Concentration and Electroreduction to Ammonia. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:22933-22939. [PMID: 34431192 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A built-in electric field in electrocatalyst can significantly accumulate higher concentration of NO3 - ions near electrocatalyst surface region, thus facilitating mass transfer for efficient nitrate removal at ultra-low concentration and electroreduction reaction (NO3 RR). A model electrocatalyst is created by stacking CuCl (111) and rutile TiO2 (110) layers together, in which a built-in electric field induced from the electron transfer from TiO2 to CuCl (CuCl_BEF) is successfully formed . This built-in electric field effectively triggers interfacial accumulation of NO3 - ions around the electrocatalyst. The electric field also raises the energy of key reaction intermediate *NO to lower the energy barrier of the rate determining step. A NH3 product selectivity of 98.6 %, a low NO2 - production of <0.6 %, and mass-specific ammonia production rate of 64.4 h-1 is achieved, which are all the best among studies reported at 100 mg L-1 of nitrate concentration to date.
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- Wu-Ji Sun
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, National United Engineering Laboratory of, Functionalized Environmental Adsorption Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- College of energy, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, National United Engineering Laboratory of, Functionalized Environmental Adsorption Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, National United Engineering Laboratory of, Functionalized Environmental Adsorption Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- College of energy, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, National United Engineering Laboratory of, Functionalized Environmental Adsorption Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, National United Engineering Laboratory of, Functionalized Environmental Adsorption Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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Sun W, Ji H, Li L, Zhang H, Wang Z, He J, Lu J. Built‐in Electric Field Triggered Interfacial Accumulation Effect for Efficient Nitrate Removal at Ultra‐Low Concentration and Electroreduction to Ammonia. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202109785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Wu‐Ji Sun
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology National United Engineering Laboratory of, Functionalized Environmental Adsorption Materials Soochow University Suzhou 215123 P. R. China
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- College of energy Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province Soochow University Suzhou 215006 China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology National United Engineering Laboratory of, Functionalized Environmental Adsorption Materials Soochow University Suzhou 215123 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology National United Engineering Laboratory of, Functionalized Environmental Adsorption Materials Soochow University Suzhou 215123 P. R. China
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- College of energy Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province Soochow University Suzhou 215006 China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology National United Engineering Laboratory of, Functionalized Environmental Adsorption Materials Soochow University Suzhou 215123 P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology National United Engineering Laboratory of, Functionalized Environmental Adsorption Materials Soochow University Suzhou 215123 P. R. China
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Li Z, Wen G, Liang J, Li T, Luo Y, Kong Q, Shi X, Asiri AM, Liu Q, Sun X. High-efficiency nitrate electroreduction to ammonia on electrodeposited cobalt-phosphorus alloy film. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:9720-9723. [PMID: 34474464 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02612g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Electrocatalytic eight-electron nitrate (NO3-) reduction is a sustainable strategy to degrade NO3- and convert it into high value-added ammonia (NH3) but needs efficient catalysts with high activity and selectivity. Our study shows the use of Ti plate supported cobalt-phosphorus alloy film (Co-P/TP) as a highly active and selective electrocatalyst for ambient NO3--to-NH3 conversion. In 0.2 M Na2SO4 with 200 ppm NO3-, Co-P/TP offers an NH3 yield rate of 416.0 ± 7.2 μg h-1 cm-2 and a high faradaic efficiency of 93.6 ± 3.3% at -0.6 V and -0.3 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode, respectively, with good durability. Noticeably, a conversion rate of 86.9% is achieved after 10 h bulk electrolysis.
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- Zerong Li
- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, Sichuan, China.
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- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science & Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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Cruzeiro VWD, Lambros E, Riera M, Roy R, Paesani F, Götz AW. Highly Accurate Many-Body Potentials for Simulations of N 2O 5 in Water: Benchmarks, Development, and Validation. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:3931-3945. [PMID: 34029079 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5) is an important intermediate in the atmospheric chemistry of nitrogen oxides. Although there has been much research, the processes that govern the physical interactions between N2O5 and water are still not fully understood at a molecular level. Gaining a quantitative insight from computer simulations requires going beyond the accuracy of classical force fields while accessing length scales and time scales that are out of reach for high-level quantum-chemical approaches. To this end, we present the development of MB-nrg many-body potential energy functions for nonreactive simulations of N2O5 in water. This MB-nrg model is based on electronic structure calculations at the coupled cluster level of theory and is compatible with the successful MB-pol model for water. It provides a physically correct description of long-range many-body interactions in combination with an explicit representation of up to three-body short-range interactions in terms of multidimensional permutationally invariant polynomials. In order to further investigate the importance of the underlying interactions in the model, a TTM-nrg model was also devised. TTM-nrg is a more simplistic representation that contains only two-body short-range interactions represented through Born-Mayer functions. In this work, an active learning approach was employed to efficiently build representative training sets of monomer, dimer, and trimer structures, and benchmarks are presented to determine the accuracy of our new models in comparison to a range of density functional theory methods. By assessing the binding curves, distortion energies of N2O5, and interaction energies in clusters of N2O5 and water, we evaluate the importance of two-body and three-body short-range potentials. The results demonstrate that our MB-nrg model has high accuracy with respect to the coupled cluster reference, outperforms current density functional theory models, and thus enables highly accurate simulations of N2O5 in aqueous environments.
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- Vinícius Wilian D Cruzeiro
- San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States.,Materials Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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Piechota J, Krukowski S, Sadovyi P, Sadovyi B, Porowski S, Grzegory I. Nitrogen Dissolution in Liquid Ga and Fe: Comprehensive Ab Initio Analysis, Relevance for Crystallization of GaN. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 14:1306. [PMID: 33803174 PMCID: PMC7963180 DOI: 10.3390/ma14051306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 02/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The dissolution of molecular nitrogen in Ga and Fe was investigated by ab initio calculations and some complementary experiments. It was found that the N bonding inside these solvents is fundamentally different. For Ga, it is between Ga4s and Ga4p and N2p states whereas for Fe this is by N2p to Fe4s, Fe4p and Fe3d states. Accordingly, the energy of dissolution of N2 for arbitrarily chosen starting atomic configurations was 0.535 eV/mol and -0.299 eV/mol for Ga and Fe, respectively. For configurations optimized with molecular dynamics, the difference between the corresponding energy values, 1.107 eV/mol and 0.003 eV/mol, was similarly large. Full thermodynamic analysis of chemical potential was made employing entropy-derived terms in a Debye picture. The entropy-dependent terms were obtained via a normal conditions path to avoid singularity of ideal gas entropy at zero K. Nitrogen solubility as a function of temperature and N2 pressure was evaluated, being much higher for Fe than for Ga. For T=1800 K and p=104 bar, the N concentration in Ga was 3×10-3 at. fr. whereas for Fe, it was 9×10-2 at. fr. in very good agreement with experimental data. It indicates that liquid Fe could be a prospective solvent for GaN crystallization from metallic solutions.
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- Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 29/37, Sokolowska Street, 01-142 Warsaw, Poland; (J.P.); (S.K.); (P.S.); (B.S.); (S.P.)
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Viel A, Williams DMG, Eisfeld W. Accurate quantum dynamics simulation of the photodetachment spectrum of the nitrate anion (NO 3 -) based on an artificial neural network diabatic potential model. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:084302. [PMID: 33639724 DOI: 10.1063/5.0039503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The photodetachment spectrum of the nitrate anion (NO3 -) is simulated from first principles using wavepacket quantum dynamics propagation and a newly developed accurate full-dimensional fully coupled five state diabatic potential model. This model utilizes the recently proposed complete nuclear permutation inversion invariant artificial neural network diabatization technique [D. M. G. Williams and W. Eisfeld, J. Phys. Chem. A 124, 7608 (2020)]. The quantum dynamics simulations are designed such that temperature effects and the impact of near threshold detachment are taken into account. Thus, the two available experiments at high temperature and at cryogenic temperature using the slow electron velocity-map imaging technique can be reproduced in very good agreement. These results clearly show the relevance of hot bands and vibronic coupling between the X̃ 2A2 ' ground state and the B̃ 2E' excited state of the neutral radical. This together with the recent experiment at low temperature gives further support for the proper assignment of the ν3 fundamental, which has been debated for many years. An assignment of a not yet discussed hot band line is also proposed.
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- Alexandra Viel
- University Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, FranceTheoretische Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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Geng J, Ji S, Xu H, Zhao C, Zhang S, Zhang H. Electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia in a fluidized electrocatalysis system with oxygen vacancy-rich CuO x nanoparticles. Inorg Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qi01062j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A fluidized electrocatalysis system utilizing oxygen vacancy rich CuOX nanoparticle catalysts in an electrolyte was developed to achieve a high NH3 yield rate and faradaic efficiency through the electrocatalytic nitrate reduction reaction.
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- Jing Geng
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Yao J, Yan J. Efficient nitrate-to-ammonia transformation through a direct eight-electron reduction. Sci China Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-020-9848-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Singh SK, Vuppuluri V, Son SF, Kaiser RI. Investigating the Photochemical Decomposition of Solid 1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane (RDX). J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:6801-6823. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c05726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Santosh K. Singh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Mechanical Engineering, Purdue Energetics Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Mechanical Engineering, Purdue Energetics Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Yu Y, Wang C, Yu Y, Wang Y, Zhang B. Promoting selective electroreduction of nitrates to ammonia over electron-deficient Co modulated by rectifying Schottky contacts. Sci China Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-020-9795-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Sheng H, Oh MH, Osowiecki WT, Kim W, Alivisatos AP, Frei H. Carbon Dioxide Dimer Radical Anion as Surface Intermediate of Photoinduced CO2 Reduction at Aqueous Cu and CdSe Nanoparticle Catalysts by Rapid-Scan FT-IR Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b00271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Hua Sheng
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Góbi S, Crandall PB, Maksyutenko P, Förstel M, Kaiser RI. Accessing the Nitromethane (CH3NO2) Potential Energy Surface in Methanol (CH3OH)–Nitrogen Monoxide (NO) Ices Exposed to Ionizing Radiation: An FTIR and PI-ReTOF-MS Investigation. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:2329-2343. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b12235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Sándor Góbi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Matito-Martos I, Rahbari A, Martin-Calvo A, Dubbeldam D, Vlugt TJH, Calero S. Adsorption equilibrium of nitrogen dioxide in porous materials. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:4189-4199. [PMID: 29362749 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp08017d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The effect of confinement on the equilibrium reactive system containing nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetroxide is studied by molecular simulation and the reactive Monte Carlo (RxMC) approach. The bulk-phase reaction was successfully reproduced and five all-silica zeolites (i.e. FAU, FER, MFI, MOR, and TON) with different topologies were selected to study their adoption behavior. Dinitrogen tetroxide showed a stronger affinity than nitrogen dioxide in all the zeolites due to size effects, but exclusive adsorption sites in MOR allowed the adsorption of nitrogen dioxide with no competition at these sites. From the study of the adsorption isotherms and isobars of the reacting mixture, confinement enhanced the formation of dimers over the full range of pressure and temperature, finding the largest deviations from bulk fractions at low temperature and high pressure. The channel size and shape of the zeolite have a noticeable influence on the dinitrogen tetroxide formation, being more important in MFI, closely followed by TON and MOR, and finally FER and FAU. Preferential adsorption sites in MOR lead to an unusually strong selective adsorption towards nitrogen dioxide, demonstrating that the topological structure has a crucial influence on the composition of the mixture and must be carefully considered in systems containing nitrogen dioxide.
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- I Matito-Martos
- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, University Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla 41013, Spain.
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Hirshberg B, Rossich Molina E, Götz AW, Hammerich AD, Nathanson GM, Bertram TH, Johnson MA, Gerber RB. N2O5at water surfaces: binding forces, charge separation, energy accommodation and atmospheric implications. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:17961-17976. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03022g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Studying the interactions between N2O5and water in nano-sized clusters, in bulk and on the surface of water.
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- Barak Hirshberg
- The Institute of Chemistry and the Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics
- the Hebrew University
- Jerusalem 9190401
- Israel
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- The Institute of Chemistry and the Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics
- the Hebrew University
- Jerusalem 9190401
- Israel
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- San Diego Supercomputer Center
- University of California
- San Diego, La Jolla
- USA
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- The Institute of Chemistry and the Fritz Haber Center for Molecular Dynamics
- the Hebrew University
- Jerusalem 9190401
- Israel
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine
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Tsegaw YA, Góbi S, Förstel M, Maksyutenko P, Sander W, Kaiser RI. Formation of Hydroxylamine in Low-Temperature Interstellar Model Ices. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:7477-7493. [PMID: 28892389 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b07500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yetsedaw A. Tsegaw
- Lehrstuhl
für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl
für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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Góbi S, Bergantini A, Turner AM, Kaiser RI. Electron Radiolysis of Ammonium Perchlorate: A Reflectron Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometric Study. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:3879-3890. [PMID: 28445648 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b01862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sándor Góbi
- Department
of Chemistry and ‡W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and ‡W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and ‡W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and ‡W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Hirakawa H, Hashimoto M, Shiraishi Y, Hirai T. Selective Nitrate-to-Ammonia Transformation on Surface Defects of Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysts. ACS Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b00611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hiroaki Hirakawa
- Research
Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, and Division of Chemical Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Research
Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, and Division of Chemical Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Research
Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, and Division of Chemical Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
- Precursory
Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Research
Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, and Division of Chemical Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan
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Ashori E, Nazari F, Illas F. Influence of NO and (NO)2 adsorption on the properties of Fe-N4 porphyrin-like graphene sheets. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:3201-3213. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07898b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fe-N4 porphyrin-like graphene catalysis and spin filter characteristics toward NO and (NO)2 dimer adsorption.
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- Elham Ashori
- Department of Chemistry
- Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences
- Zanjan 45137-66731
- Iran
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- Department of Chemistry
- Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences
- Zanjan 45137-66731
- Iran
- Center of Climate Change and Global Warming
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB)
- Universitat de Barcelona
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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Hoshina H, Slipchenko M, Prozument K, Verma D, Schmidt MW, Ivanic J, Vilesov AF. Infrared Spectroscopy and Structure of (NO)n Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:527-34. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b10228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hiromichi Hoshina
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Ames Laboratory (US-DOE), Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Advanced
Biomedical Computing Center, DSITP, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Wang Y, Tian F, Lv Y, Li D, Duan D, Sha X, Liu Y, Zhao Z, Yang T, Liu B, Cui T. Crystal structures and properties of nitrogen oxides under high pressure. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra11793c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The new structures of nitrogen oxides that were predicted. All structures are insulators.
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Hammerich AD, Finlayson-Pitts BJ, Gerber RB. Mechanism for formation of atmospheric Cl atom precursors in the reaction of dinitrogen oxides with HCl/Cl− on aqueous films. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:19360-70. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp02664d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Formation of atmospheric chlorine atom precursors ClNO2 and ClNO in the reaction of HCl with oxides of nitrogen on a water film: left – formation of N–Cl bond as N–O bond breaks; right – concurrent changes in Mulliken charges.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California Irvine
- Irvine
- USA
- Institute of Chemistry and the Fritz Haber Research Center
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Simulation of Ozone and Molecular Oxygen Oxidation of Dinitrogen Tetroxide to Nitric Anhydride. MENDELEEV COMMUNICATIONS 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2014.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Minissale M, Fedoseev G, Congiu E, Ioppolo S, Dulieu F, Linnartz H. Solid state chemistry of nitrogen oxides – Part I: surface consumption of NO. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:8257-69. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp54917h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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NO2 is efficiently formed in the solid state via NO + O/O2/O3 reactions.
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- M. Minissale
- LERMA-LAMAp
- Université de Cergy-Pontoise
- Observatoire de Paris
- ENS
- UPMC
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics
- Leiden Observatory
- Leiden University
- 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- LERMA-LAMAp
- Université de Cergy-Pontoise
- Observatoire de Paris
- ENS
- UPMC
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- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
- California Institute of Technology
- Pasadena, USA
- Institute for Molecules and Materials
- Radboud University Nijmegen
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- LERMA-LAMAp
- Université de Cergy-Pontoise
- Observatoire de Paris
- ENS
- UPMC
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- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics
- Leiden Observatory
- Leiden University
- 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Raghunath P, Nghia N, Lin MC. Ab Initio Chemical Kinetics of Key Processes in the Hypergolic Ignition of Hydrazine and Nitrogen Tetroxide. ADVANCES IN QUANTUM CHEMISTRY 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800345-9.00007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Minissale M, Congiu E, Baouche S, Chaabouni H, Moudens A, Dulieu F, Manicó G, Pirronello V. Formation of nitrogen oxides via NO+O2 gas–solid reaction on cold surfaces. Chem Phys Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2013.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Hammerich AD, Finlayson-Pitts BJ, Gerber RB. NOx Reactions on Aqueous Surfaces with Gaseous HCl: Formation of a Potential Precursor to Atmospheric Cl Atoms. J Phys Chem Lett 2012; 3:3405-3410. [PMID: 26290963 DOI: 10.1021/jz3014985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Chlorine atoms are highly reactive free radicals known to catalyze ozone depletion in the stratosphere and organic oxidation in the troposphere. They are readily produced photolytically upon irradiation of some stable Cl containing species, for instance, nitrosyl chloride, ClNO. We predict the formation of ClNO using ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations of an NO2 dimer on the surface of a thin film of water upon which gaseous HCl impinges. The reactant is chloride ion formed when HCl ionizes on the water film. The same mechanism for ClNO production may occur in humid environments when ONONO2 (the asymmetric NO2 dimer examined here) comes in contact with either HCl or sea salt. The film of water serves to (1) stabilize ONONO2 on the film surface so that it is localized and physically accessible for reaction, (2) provide the medium to ionize HCl, and (3) activate ONONO2 making it more susceptible to nucleophilic attack by chloride. This substitution/elimination mechanism is new for NOx chemistry on thin water films and could not be derived from studies on small clusters.
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- Audrey Dell Hammerich
- †Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- ‡Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
- §Institute of Chemistry and the Fritz Haber Research Center, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904 Israel
- ∥Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Zakharov II. Quantum-chemical modeling of the mechanism for formation of HNO3 from NO2 and water. THEOR EXP CHEM+ 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s11237-012-9266-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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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Congiu E, Chaabouni H, Laffon C, Parent P, Baouche S, Dulieu F. Efficient surface formation route of interstellar hydroxylamine through NO hydrogenation. I. The submonolayer regime on interstellar relevant substrates. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:054713. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4738895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zuo MH, Liu HL, Huang XR, Cui SX. A theoretical study of the reaction of N(4 S) with nitrogen dioxide on the N2O2 potential energy surface. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036024412070199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Liu WG, Goddard WA. First-Principles Study of the Role of Interconversion Between NO2, N2O4, cis-ONO-NO2, and trans-ONO-NO2 in Chemical Processes. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:12970-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ja300545e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Wei-Guang Liu
- Materials and Process Simulation
Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
91125, United States
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- Materials and Process Simulation
Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
91125, United States
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Zhu RS, Lai KY, Lin MC. Ab Initio Chemical Kinetics for the Hydrolysis of N2O4 Isomers in the Gas Phase. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:4466-72. [DOI: 10.1021/jp302247k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- R. S. Zhu
- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
- Center for Interdisciplinary Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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Zhang Y, Xu Y, Li QS. The correlation between aromaticity and stability in planar N2X2(X = O, S, Se, and Te) Species. Mol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/00268970701444649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Petković M. Vibrational spectroscopy: can density functional theory cope with highly electronegative atoms? SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2010; 77:942-947. [PMID: 20851042 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2010.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2010] [Revised: 07/05/2010] [Accepted: 08/08/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Vibrational properties of molecules composed solely of highly electronegative atoms are studied by means of density functional methods. Performance of different combinations of exchange and correlation functionals is tested. It is demonstrated that certain functionals can successfully simulate infrared spectra of systems containing only fluorine, oxygen and nitrogen.
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- Milena Petković
- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, 11 158 Belgrade, Serbia.
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Beckers H, Zeng X, Willner H. Intermediates Involved in the Oxidation of Nitrogen Monoxide: Photochemistry of thecis-N2O2⋅O2complex and ofsym-N2O4in Solid Ne Matrices. Chemistry 2010; 16:1506-20. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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