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Luo Z, Shehzad A. Advances in Naked Metal Clusters for Catalysis. Chemphyschem 2024; 25:e202300715. [PMID: 38450926 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300715] [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: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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The properties of sub-nano metal clusters are governed by quantum confinement and their large surface-to-bulk ratios, atomically precise compositions and geometric/electronic structures. Advances in metal clusters lead to new opportunities in diverse aspects of sciences including chemo-sensing, bio-imaging, photochemistry, and catalysis. Naked metal clusters having synergic multiple active sites and coordinative unsaturation and tunable stability/activity enable researchers to design atomically precise metal catalysts with tailored catalysis for different reactions. Here we summarize the progress of ligand-free naked metal clusters for catalytic applications. It is anticipated that this review helps to better understand the chemistry of small metal clusters and facilitates the design and development of new catalysts for potential applications.
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- Zhixun Luo
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Senthamaraikannan TG, Yoon CW, Lim DH. Morphology-dependent adsorption energetics of Ru nanoparticles on hcp-boron nitride (001) surface - a first-principles study. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2023; 5:2422-2426. [PMID: 37143815 PMCID: PMC10153083 DOI: 10.1039/d3na00037k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Active B5-sites on Ru catalysts can be exploited for various catalytic applications; in particular, the epitaxial formation of Ru nanoparticles with hexagonal planar morphologies on hexagonal boron nitride sheets increases the number of active B5-sites along the nanoparticle edges. The energetics of adsorption of Ru nanoparticles on hexagonal boron nitride were investigated using density functional theory calculations. Then, to understand the fundamental reason for this morphology control, adsorption studies and charge density analysis were performed on fcc and hcp Ru nanoparticles heteroepitaxially formed on a hexagonal boron nitride support. Among the explored morphologies, hcp Ru(0001) nanoparticles exhibited the highest adsorption strength of -31.656 eV. To verify the hexagonal planar morphologies of the hcp-Ru nanoparticles, three different hcp-Ru(0001) nanoparticles-Ru60, Ru53, and Ru 41-were adsorbed onto the BN substrate. In agreement with the experimental studies, the hcp-Ru60 nanoparticles exhibited the highest adsorption energy owing to their long-range and perfect hexagonal match with the interacting hcp-BN(001) substrate.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
- Hydrogen and Low Carbon Research Laboratories, Research Institute for Industrial Science and Technology (RIST) Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
- Hydrogen and Low Carbon R&D Laboratories, POSCO N.EX.T Hub Seoul 06194 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University Cheongju Chungbuk 28644 Republic of Korea
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Atomic Cu and Ni anchoring on h-BN for O2 activation and subsequent oxidative desulfurization. CATAL COMMUN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Liu X, Zhang X, Meng C. Coadsorption Interfered CO Oxidation over Atomically Dispersed Au on h-BN. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27113627. [PMID: 35684560 PMCID: PMC9182313 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27113627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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Similar to the metal centers in biocatalysis and homogeneous catalysis, the metal species in single atom catalysts (SACs) are charged, atomically dispersed and stabilized by support and substrate. The reaction condition dependent catalytic performance of SACs has long been realized, but seldom investigated before. We investigated CO oxidation pathways over SACs in reaction conditions using atomically dispersed Au on h-BN (AuBN) as a model with extensive first-principles-based calculations. We demonstrated that the adsorption of reactants, namely CO, O2 and CO2, and their coadsorption with reaction species on AuBN would be condition dependent, leading to various reaction species with different reactivity and impact the CO conversion. Specifically, the revised Langmuir–Hinshelwood pathway with the CO-mediated activation of O2 and dissociation of cyclic peroxide intermediate followed by the Eley–Rideal type reduction is dominant at high temperatures, while the coadsorbed CO-mediated dissociation of peroxide intermediate becomes plausible at low temperatures and high CO partial pressures. Carbonate species would also form in existence of CO2, react with coadsorbed CO and benefit the conversion. The findings highlight the origin of the condition-dependent CO oxidation performance of SACs in detailed conditions and may help to rationalize the current understanding of the superior catalytic performance of SACs.
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- Xin Liu
- Correspondence: (X.L.); (C.M.)
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Ali S, Xie Z, Xu H. Stability and Catalytic Performance of Single-Atom Supported on Ti 2 CO 2 for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation: A First-Principles Study. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:2352-2361. [PMID: 34390308 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Based on first-principles calculations, the potential of Ti2 CO2 monolayer (MXene) as a single-atom catalyst (SAC) support for 3d transition metal (TM) atoms (Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn) is studied for CO oxidation. We first screen the support effect according to the stability of a single metal atom and find that Sc and Ti supported on Ti2 CO2 have stronger adsorption energy than the cohesive energy of their bulk counterparts and therefore, we selected Sc and Ti supported on Ti2 CO2 for further catalytic reactions. The stability and the potential catalytic reactivity are verified by electronic structure and charge transfer analysis. Both Eley-Rideal (ER) and Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) mechanisms are considered in this study, and lower energy barriers of 0.002 and 0.37 eV were found in the ER mechanism compared to the LH mechanism, which are 0.25 and 0.34 eV for Sc and Ti catalysts, respectively. Moreover, kinetic ER and LH mechanisms are favorable for both Sc- and Ti/Ti2 CO2 because of the comparable energy barrier to other metals and SAC supported on 2D materials. However, Ti/Ti2 CO2 catalyst is thermodynamically unfavorable. Based on these calculations, we propose that Sc supported on Ti2 CO2 is the best catalyst for CO-oxidation. The current study not only broadens the scope of the single-atom Sc catalyst but also extends the consideration of MXene support for catalyst optimization.
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- Sajjad Ali
- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.,Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Science and Material Design, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of for Advanced Quantum Functional Materials and Devices, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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Luo C, Huang X, Wu R, Li B, Qin Z, Li C, Ma S. Exploration of Ni-doped BN monolayer as a promising gas sensor for air decomposed species in the high-voltage switchgears. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2021.113175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Fe-doped C3N monolayer as a promising SAC for CO oxidation with low temperature and high reactivity. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2020.113080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Chen KY, Wu SY, Chen HT. Unraveling Catalytic Mechanisms for CO Oxidation on Boron-Doped Fullerene: A Computational Study. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:28870-28876. [PMID: 33195940 PMCID: PMC7659142 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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By means of spin-polarized density functional theory (DFT) computations, we unravel the reaction mechanisms of catalytic CO oxidation on B-doped fullerene. It is shown that O2 species favors to be chemically adsorbed via side-on configuration at the hex-C-B site with an adsorption energy of -1.07 eV. Two traditional pathways, Eley-Rideal (ER) and Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) mechanisms, are considered for the CO oxidation starting from O2 adsorption. CO species is able to bind at the B-top site of the B-doped fullerene with an adsorption energy of -0.78 eV. Therefore, CO oxidation that occurs starting from CO adsorption is also taken into account. Second reaction of CO oxidation occurs by the reaction of CO + O → CO2 with a very high energy barrier of 1.56 eV. A trimolecular Eley-Rideal (TER) pathway is proposed to avoid leaving the O atom on the B-doped fullerene after the first CO oxidation. These predictions manifest that boron-doped fullerene is a potential metal-free catalyst for CO oxidation.
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- Kai-Yang Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli District, Taoyuan
City 32023, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli District, Taoyuan
City 32023, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli District, Taoyuan
City 32023, Taiwan
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Esrafili MD, Hamadi H. Catalytic oxidation of CO using a silicon-coordinated carbon nitride fullerene. Mol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2020.1797919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Mehdi D. Esrafili
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Science, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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Zhao D, Zhuang Z, Cao X, Zhang C, Peng Q, Chen C, Li Y. Atomic site electrocatalysts for water splitting, oxygen reduction and selective oxidation. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:2215-2264. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00869a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 363] [Impact Index Per Article: 90.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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This review summarized the fabrication routes and characterization methods of atomic site electrocatalysts (ASCs) followed by their applications for water splitting, oxygen reduction and selective oxidation.
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- Di Zhao
- Department of Chemistry
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- China
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Li L, Liu X, He H, Zhang N, Liu Z, Zhang G. A novel two-dimensional MgO-h-BN nanomaterial supported Pd catalyst for CO oxidation reaction. Catal Today 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2018.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Liu Q, Xu Y, Qiu X, Huang C, Liu M. Chemoselective hydrogenation of nitrobenzenes activated with tuned Au/h-BN. J Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2018.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Rao YC, Duan XM. Pd/Pt embedded CN monolayers as efficient catalysts for CO oxidation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:25743-25748. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp04636d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The catalytic performance of Pd/Pt embedded planar carbon nitride for CO oxidation has been investigated via spin-polarized density functional theory calculations.
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- Yong-Chao Rao
- Department of Physics
- Faculty of Science
- Ningbo University
- Ningbo 315211
- P. R. China
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- Department of Physics
- Faculty of Science
- Ningbo University
- Ningbo 315211
- P. R. China
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A comparative DFT study on single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation over Al- and P-embedded hexagonal boron-nitride nanosheets. J Mol Graph Model 2018; 85:323-330. [PMID: 30286393 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2018.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Density functional theory calculations are performed to compare catalytic oxidation of CO molecule over Al- and P-embedded hexagonal boron nitride nanosheet (h-BN). It is found that the Al and P adatom can be stably anchored on the boron-vacancy site of h-BN, as evidenced by a relatively large adsorption energy and charge-transfer value. According to our findings, the oxidation of CO over these surfaces proceeds via the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism, followed by the elimination of the remaining atomic O by another CO molecule. Meanwhile, the stronger adsorption of O2 than CO avoids poisoning of the active site of both surfaces. The results of the present study indicate that Al-doped h-BN exhibits higher catalytic activity for CO oxidation than P-doped one, which may provide a valuable guidance on design metal-free catalysts to remove toxic CO molecules.
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Guo N, Yam KM, Wang X, Zhang C. N-doped ZnO nanosheets: towards high performance two dimensional catalysts. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 29:105707. [PMID: 29332845 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaa77c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Recently, catalytic activity of atomically thin two dimensional (2D) materials has attracted great interest. In this paper, via first principles calculations, we show for the first time that N-doped 2D one-atom-thick ZnO nanosheets exhibit high catalytic activity towards CO oxidation. A pristine 2D ZnO nanosheet is chemically inert and as a result, CO and O2 molecules do not chemically bind on the nanosheet. Our calculations predict that the N doping activates the ZnO sheet, leading to strong CO and O2 adsorptions. We further show that the CO oxidation catalyzed by the N-doped 2D ZnO sheet has a low reaction barrier around 0.5 eV. Besides high catalytic activity, the N-doped 2D ZnO sheet also demonstrates intriguing electronic and magnetic properties. These findings provide new opportunities for the future development of high performance 2D catalysts.
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- Na Guo
- Department of Physics and Centre for 2D Advanced Materials, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117542, Singapore
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Yu MA, Feng Y, Gao L, Lin S. Phosphomolybdic acid supported single-metal-atom catalysis in CO oxidation: first-principles calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:20661-20668. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03916j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Highly active phosphomolybdic acid supported single-metal-atom catalysts for CO oxidation.
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- Ming-an Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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Xu H, Ni K, Li XK, Zhu S, Fan GH. First-principles study of CO catalytic oxidation on Pd-doped single wall boron nitride nanotube. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2017.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lyalin A, Uosaki K, Taketsugu T. Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalyzed by Small Gold Cluster on h-BN/Au(111) Support. Electrocatalysis (N Y) 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s12678-017-0395-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fan G, Zhu S, Ni K, Xu H. Theoretical study of the adsorption of aromatic amino acids on a single-wall boron nitride nanotube with empirical dispersion correction. CAN J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2017-0118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In the present study, the adsorption and properties of three popularly studied aromatic amino acids, namely phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan, on the surface of the single-wall boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) have been explored with an empirical dispersion corrected density functional tight-binding method. A serials of armchair BNNTs (n = 4–12) and zigzag BNNTs (n = 8–18) with the aromatic amino acid adsorbed on the surface are investigated. With the dispersion correction explicitly considered in the density functional tight-binding method, the adsorption properties between amino acids and BNNTs are described by including long-range van der Waals interactions. It is found that the π–π and H–π stacking interactions are the main forces stabilizing the system. Based on the evidence of adsorption energy, charge density plots, and density of states analysis, the study concludes that the BNNT adsorbs the amino acids with no bonded interactions between the two parts. The interactions of amino with the BNNT were further studied by analyzing molecular orbitals and excited state absorption spectrum of the stable complexes.
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- Guohong Fan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, P.R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, P.R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, P.R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, P.R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, P.R. China
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Ali S, Fu Liu T, Lian Z, Li B, Sheng Su D. The effect of defects on the catalytic activity of single Au atom supported carbon nanotubes and reaction mechanism for CO oxidation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:22344-22354. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03793g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The mechanism of CO oxidation by O2 on a single Au atom supported on pristine, mono atom vacancy (m), di atom vacancy (di) and the Stone Wales defect (SW) on single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) surface is systematically investigated theoretically using density functional theory.
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- Sajjad Ali
- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science
- Institute of Metal Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shenyang 110016
- China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science
- Institute of Metal Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shenyang 110016
- China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science
- Institute of Metal Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shenyang 110016
- China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science
- Institute of Metal Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shenyang 110016
- China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science
- Institute of Metal Research
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shenyang 110016
- China
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Gao X, Wang S, Lin S. Defective Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheet on Ni(111) and Cu(111): Stability, Electronic Structures, and Potential Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:24238-47. [PMID: 27564007 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b08097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Defective hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets (h-BNNSs) supported by Ni(111) and Cu(111) surfaces have been systematically studied in this work by first-principles methods. The calculation results show that various defects play an important role in enhancing the stability of h-BNNS/metal heterostructure. Importantly, significant electron transfer through the interface between metal substrate and h-BNNS to the defect sites can make h-BNNS more catalytically active. Using the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) as a probe, it is shown that the binding energies of O2*, OH*, OOH*, and O* on h-BNNS/Cu(111) with a boron vacancy (VB) are quite similar to those observed on the Pt(111) surface, suggesting inert h-BNNS materials with defects can be functionalized by metal surfaces to become catalytically active for the ORR process. On the other hand, the reaction mechanism of CO oxidation on Ni(111) and Cu(111) supported h-BNNS with VB is systematically investigated. The h-BN/Cu(111) catalyst with a VB precovered by a CO species exhibits catalytic capacity for CO oxidation with a lower energy barrier compared with that on h-BN/Cu(111) without any defect. While on Ni(111) supported h-BNNS with a N vacancy, the defect site turns to be dominated by O2 and the energy barrier is significantly increased, indicating its dependence on the type of defect. This work will provide information for designing h-BN-based catalysts in heterogeneous catalysis.
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- Xiaomei Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , Fuzhou 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , Fuzhou 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University , Fuzhou 350002, China
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Lyalin A, Gao M, Taketsugu T. When Inert Becomes Active: A Fascinating Route for Catalyst Design. CHEM REC 2016; 16:2324-2337. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201600035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Andrey Lyalin
- Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN)National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); Tsukuba 305-0044 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB); Kyoto University; Kyoto 615-8245 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB); Kyoto University; Kyoto 615-8245 Japan
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Simonov KA, Vinogradov NA, Vinogradov AS, Generalov AV, Zagrebina EM, Svirskiy GI, Cafolla AA, Carpy T, Cunniffe JP, Taketsugu T, Lyalin A, Mårtensson N, Preobrajenski AB. From Graphene Nanoribbons on Cu(111) to Nanographene on Cu(110): Critical Role of Substrate Structure in the Bottom-Up Fabrication Strategy. ACS NANO 2015; 9:8997-9011. [PMID: 26301684 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Bottom-up strategies can be effectively implemented for the fabrication of atomically precise graphene nanoribbons. Recently, using 10,10'-dibromo-9,9'-bianthracene (DBBA) as a molecular precursor to grow armchair nanoribbons on Au(111) and Cu(111), we have shown that substrate activity considerably affects the dynamics of ribbon formation, nonetheless without significant modifications in the growth mechanism. In this paper we compare the on-surface reaction pathways for DBBA molecules on Cu(111) and Cu(110). Evolution of both systems has been studied via a combination of core-level X-ray spectroscopies, scanning tunneling microscopy, and theoretical calculations. Experimental and theoretical results reveal a significant increase in reactivity for the open and anisotropic Cu(110) surface in comparison with the close-packed Cu(111). This increased reactivity results in a predominance of the molecular-substrate interaction over the intermolecular one, which has a critical impact on the transformations of DBBA on Cu(110). Unlike DBBA on Cu(111), the Ullmann coupling cannot be realized for DBBA/Cu(110) and the growth of nanoribbons via this mechanism is blocked. Instead, annealing of DBBA on Cu(110) at 250 °C results in the formation of a new structure: quasi-zero-dimensional flat nanographenes. Each nanographene unit has dehydrogenated zigzag edges bonded to the underlying Cu rows and oriented with the hydrogen-terminated armchair edge parallel to the [1-10] direction. Strong bonding of nanographene to the substrate manifests itself in a high adsorption energy of -12.7 eV and significant charge transfer of 3.46e from the copper surface. Nanographene units coordinated with bromine adatoms are able to arrange in highly regular arrays potentially suitable for nanotemplating.
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- Konstantin A Simonov
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University , Box 516, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University , Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
- V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University , 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University , Box 516, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University , Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
- V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University , 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University , 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University , Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
- V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University , 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University , 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- V.A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University , 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University , Dublin 9, Ireland
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- School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University , Dublin 9, Ireland
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- School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University , Dublin 9, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
- Global Research Center for Environment and Energy Based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Global Research Center for Environment and Energy Based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University , Box 516, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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Harabuchi Y, Ono Y, Maeda S, Taketsugu T. Analyses of bifurcation of reaction pathways on a global reaction route map: A case study of gold cluster Au5. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:014301. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4923163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Liu X, Duan T, Meng C, Han Y. Pt atoms stabilized on hexagonal boron nitride as efficient single-atom catalysts for CO oxidation: a first-principles investigation. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra14482a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Taking CO oxidation as a probe, we investigated the electronic structure and reactivity of Pt atoms stabilized by vacancy defects on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) by first-principles-based calculations.
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- Xin Liu
- School of Chemistry
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian
- P. R. China
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- Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Thuwal
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Lin S, Huang J, Gao X. A Cu(111) supported h-BN nanosheet: a potential low-cost and high-performance catalyst for CO oxidation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:22097-105. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp03027g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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CO oxidation on h-BNNS/Cu(111).
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- Sen Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- College of Chemistry
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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Lin S, Ye X, Huang J. Can metal-free silicon-doped hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets and nanotubes exhibit activity toward CO oxidation? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:888-95. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp05007j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Si-doped hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets and nanotubes have been investigated by first-principle methods.
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- Sen Lin
- Research Institute of Photocatalysis
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- Research Institute of Photocatalysis
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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- Research Institute of Photocatalysis
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment
- Fuzhou University
- Fuzhou 350002
- China
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Mao K, Li L, Zhang W, Pei Y, Zeng XC, Wu X, Yang J. A theoretical study of single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Au embedded 2D h-BN monolayer: a CO-promoted O₂ activation. Sci Rep 2014; 4:5441. [PMID: 24962006 PMCID: PMC4069717 DOI: 10.1038/srep05441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The CO oxidation behaviors on single Au atom embedded in two-dimensional h-BN monolayer are investigated on the basis of first-principles calculations, quantum Born-Oppenheim molecular dynamic simulations (BOMD) and micro-kinetic analysis. We show that CO oxidation on h-BN monolayer support single gold atom prefers an unreported tri-molecular Eley-Rideal (E-R) reaction, where O2 molecule is activated by two pre-adsorbed CO molecules. The formed OCOAuOCO intermediate dissociates into two CO2 molecules synchronously, which is the rate-limiting step with an energy barrier of 0.47 eV. By using the micro-kinetic analysis, the CO oxidation following the tri-molecular E-R reaction pathway entails much higher reaction rate (1.43 × 10(5) s(-1)) than that of bimolecular Langmuir-Hinshelwood (L-H) pathway (4.29 s(-1)). Further, the quantum BOMD simulation at the temperature of 300 K demonstrates the complete reaction process in real time.
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- Keke Mao
- 1] Key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Department Mechanics and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- 1] Key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Hunan 411105, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Department Mechanics and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- 1] Key Lab of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [3] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- 1] Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China [2] Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Uosaki K, Elumalai G, Noguchi H, Masuda T, Lyalin A, Nakayama A, Taketsugu T. Boron nitride nanosheet on gold as an electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction: theoretical suggestion and experimental proof. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:6542-5. [PMID: 24773085 DOI: 10.1021/ja500393g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Boron nitride (BN), which is an insulator with a wide band gap, supported on Au is theoretically suggested and experimentally proved to act as an electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Density-functional theory calculations show that the band gap of a free h-BN monolayer is 4.6 eV but a slight protrusion of the unoccupied BN states toward the Fermi level is observed if BN is supported on Au(111) due to the BN-Au interaction. A theoretically predicted metastable configuration of O2 on h-BN/Au(111), which can serve as precursors for ORR, and free energy diagrams for ORR on h-BN/Au(111) via two- and four-electron pathways show that ORR to H2O2 is possible at this electrode. It is experimentally proved that overpotential for ORR at the gold electrode is significantly reduced by depositing BN nanosheets. No such effect is observed at the glassy carbon electrode, demonstrating the importance of BN-substrate interaction for h-BN to act as the ORR electrocatalyst. A possible role of the edge of the BN islands for ORR is also discussed.
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- Kohei Uosaki
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University , Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Liu X, Duan T, Sui Y, Meng C, Han Y. Copper atoms embedded in hexagonal boron nitride as potential catalysts for CO oxidation: a first-principles investigation. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra06436d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The embedment in h-BN makes Cu states compatible to reactant states and facilitates the charge transfer for reaction to proceed.
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- Xin Liu
- School of Chemistry
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian, China
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- School of Chemistry
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian, China
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- School of Chemistry
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian, China
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- School of Chemistry
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian, China
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- Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center
- Physical Sciences and Engineering Division
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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Elumalai G, Noguchi H, Uosaki K. Electrocatalytic activity of various types of h-BN for the oxygen reduction reaction. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:13755-61. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp00402g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Enhancement of oxygen reduction reaction activity of a Au electrode by modification with various types of BN nanostructure.
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- Ganesan Elumalai
- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
- Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN)
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
- Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN)
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Hokkaido University
- Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
- Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (GREEN)
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
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Gao M, Lyalin A, Taketsugu T. The h-BN surface effect on CO oxidation reaction catalyzed by supported gold atom. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/438/1/012003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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