skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Ab Initio Surface Phase Diagrams for Coadsorption of Aromatics and Hydrogen on the Pt(111) Surface

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. National Bioenergy Center, and ‡Computational Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States

Supported metal catalysts are commonly used for the hydrogenation and deoxygenation of biomass-derived aromatic compounds in catalytic fast pyrolysis. To date, the substrate-adsorbate interactions under reaction conditions crucial to these processes remain poorly understood, yet understanding this is critical to constructing detailed mechanistic models of the reactions important to catalytic fast pyrolysis. Density functional theory (DFT) has been used in identifying mechanistic details, but many of these works assume surface models that are not representative of realistic conditions, for example, under which the surface is covered with some concentration of hydrogen and aromatic compounds. In this study, we investigate hydrogen-guaiacol coadsorption on Pt(111) using van der Waals-corrected DFT and ab initio thermodynamics over a range of temperatures and pressures relevant to bio-oil upgrading. We find that relative coverage of hydrogen and guaiacol is strongly dependent on the temperature and pressure of the system. Under conditions relevant to ex situ catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP; 620-730 K, 1-10 bar), guaiacol and hydrogen chemisorb to the surface with a submonolayer hydrogen (~0.44 ML H), while under conditions relevant to hydrotreating (470-580 K, 10-200 bar), the surface exhibits a full-monolayer hydrogen coverage with guaiacol physisorbed to the surface. These results correlate with experimentally observed selectivities, which show ring saturation to methoxycyclohexanol at hydrotreating conditions and deoxygenation to phenol at CFP-relevant conditions. Additionally, the vibrational energy of the adsorbates on the surface significantly contributes to surface energy at higher coverage. Ignoring this contribution results in not only quantitatively, but also qualitatively incorrect interpretation of coadsorption, shifting the phase boundaries by more than 200 K and ~10-20 bar and predicting no guaiacol adsorption under CFP and hydrotreating conditions. We discuss the implications of this work in the context of modeling hydrogenation and deoxygenation reactions on Pt(111), and we find that only the models representative of equilibrium surface coverage can capture the hydrogenation kinetics correctly. Lastly, as a major outcome of this work, we introduce a freely available web-based tool, dubbed the Surface Phase Explorer (SPE), which allows researchers to conveniently determine surface composition for any one- or two-component system at thermodynamic equilibrium over a wide range of temperatures and pressures on any crystalline surface using standard DFT output.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
Grant/Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1375539
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1334244
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5100-67447
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C Vol. 120 Journal Issue: 46; ISSN 1932-7447
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 20 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (76)

Effects of the Local Environment on Si−H Stretching Frequencies for the Mixed Coverage X/H:Si(111) Surface (X = F, Cl, Br, and I) journal September 2010
Recent advances in heterogeneous catalysts for bio-oil upgrading via “ex situ catalytic fast pyrolysis”: catalyst development through the study of model compounds journal January 2014
Hydrodeoxygenation of phenols as lignin models under acid-free conditions with carbon-supported platinum catalysts journal January 2011
Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple journal October 1996
Catalytic roles of metals and supports on hydrodeoxygenation of lignin monomer guaiacol journal January 2012
Effect of a humid environment on the surface structure of RuO 2 ( 110 ) journal May 2003
Projector augmented-wave method journal December 1994
Conversion of Guaiacol on Noble Metal Catalysts: Reaction Performance and Deactivation Studies journal March 2014
Theoretical Investigation of the Reaction Mechanism of the Guaiacol Hydrogenation over a Pt(111) Catalyst journal March 2015
Surface free energies of solid metals: Estimation from liquid surface tension measurements journal January 1977
Converged properties of clean metal surfaces by all-electron first-principles calculations journal February 2006
From ultrasoft pseudopotentials to the projector augmented-wave method journal January 1999
Finite Elastic Strain of Cubic Crystals journal June 1947
A review on the upgradation techniques of pyrolysis oil journal May 2016
Modeling Ethanol Decomposition on Transition Metals: A Combined Application of Scaling and Brønsted−Evans−Polanyi Relations journal April 2009
CO oxidation at Pd ( 100 ) : A first-principles constrained thermodynamics study journal May 2007
Periodic boundary conditions in ab initio calculations journal February 1995
Intermediates in the hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexene on Pt(111) and Pd(111): A comparison from DFT calculations journal March 2006
Continuous Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Guaiacol over Pt/SiO2 and Pt/H-MFI-90 journal July 2015
Catalytic Hydroprocessing of p-Cresol: Metal, Solvent and Mass-Transfer Effects journal March 2012
DFT-based modeling of benzene hydrogenation on Pt at industrially relevant coverage journal October 2015
Accurate Molecular Van Der Waals Interactions from Ground-State Electron Density and Free-Atom Reference Data journal February 2009
Atomistic thermodynamics study of the adsorption and the effects of water–gas shift reactants on Cu catalysts under reaction conditions journal January 2009
The Compressibility of Media under Extreme Pressures journal September 1944
Selective conversion of furfural to methylfuran over silica-supported NiFe bimetallic catalysts journal November 2011
H2-Induced Reconstruction of Supported Pt Clusters: Metal-Support Interaction versus Surface Hydride journal December 2010
The Entropies of Adsorbed Molecules journal October 2012
Synergistic Catalysis between Pd and Fe in Gas Phase Hydrodeoxygenation of m -Cresol journal August 2014
Hydrogenation kinetics of toluene on Pt/ZSM-22 journal November 2002
Ab initiomolecular dynamics for liquid metals journal January 1993
Mechanism of Dehydration of Phenols on Noble Metals via First-Principles Microkinetic Modeling journal April 2016
Role of Dissociation of Phenol in Its Selective Hydrogenation on Pt(111) and Pd(111) journal February 2015
Elementary steps of syngas reactions on Mo2C(001): Adsorption thermochemistry and bond dissociation journal June 2012
Guaiacol Hydrodeoxygenation over Platinum Catalyst: Reaction Pathways and Kinetics journal October 2015
Thermodynamic Stability of Buta-1,3-diene and But-1-ene on Pd(111) and (100) Surfaces under H 2 Pressure: A DFT Study journal May 2011
High-precision sampling for Brillouin-zone integration in metals journal August 1989
Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol as model compound for pyrolysis oil on transition metal phosphide hydroprocessing catalysts journal January 2011
The catalytic activity of Pd/WOx/γ-Al2O3 for hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol journal May 2014
Thermodynamic study of benzene and hydrogen coadsorption on Pd(111) journal January 2014
Effects of Thiol Modifiers on the Kinetics of Furfural Hydrogenation over Pd Catalysts journal August 2014
Guaiacol Hydrodeoxygenation Mechanism on Pt(111): Insights from Density Functional Theory and Linear Free Energy Relations journal December 2014
Probing ensemble effects in surface reactions. 2. Benzene adsorption on clean and bismuth-covered platinum(111) journal January 1989
Composition, structure, and stability of RuO 2 ( 110 ) as a function of oxygen pressure journal December 2001
Selective conversion of m-cresol to toluene over bimetallic Ni–Fe catalysts journal July 2014
Kinetics of toluene hydrogenation—integrating a dynamic approach regarding catalyst activity journal January 2011
The emergence of collective vibrations in cluster models: Quantum chemical study of the methyl-terminated Si(111) surface journal October 2006
Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol on noble metal catalysts journal October 2009
Gas-phase hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol over Fe/SiO2 catalyst journal April 2012
DFT Study of Furfural Conversion to Furan, Furfuryl Alcohol, and 2-Methylfuran on Pd(111) journal October 2012
Efficiency of ab-initio total energy calculations for metals and semiconductors using a plane-wave basis set journal July 1996
Ab Initio Reaction Path Analysis of Benzene Hydrogenation to Cyclohexane on Pt(111) journal February 2005
Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol over platinum supported on metal oxides and zeolites journal January 2015
Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations journal June 1976
Group Additivity and Modified Linear Scaling Relations for Estimating Surface Thermochemistry on Transition Metal Surfaces: Application to Furanics journal April 2015
Adsorption states of benzene and toluene on Pt(111): A vibrational EELS, Δφ, AES and TDS study journal October 1985
Efficient iterative schemes for ab initio total-energy calculations using a plane-wave basis set journal October 1996
Catalytic Hydroprocessing of Chemical Models for Bio-oil journal February 2009
Density-Functional Analysis of Hydrogen on Pt(111): Electric Field, Solvent, and Coverage Effects journal June 2008
Conversion of furfural and 2-methylpentanal on Pd/SiO2 and Pd–Cu/SiO2 catalysts journal May 2011
First-principles based kinetic model for the hydrogenation of toluene journal November 2005
Ab initio molecular-dynamics simulation of the liquid-metal–amorphous-semiconductor transition in germanium journal May 1994
Synergy effect in the HDO of phenol over Ni–W catalysts supported on active carbon: Effect of tungsten precursors journal November 2010
The Synergy of the Support Acid Function and the Metal Function in the Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of m-Cresol journal March 2012
Role of the Support and Reaction Conditions on the Vapor-Phase Deoxygenation of m -Cresol over Pt/C and Pt/TiO 2 Catalysts journal March 2016
Different Product Distributions and Mechanistic Aspects of the Hydrodeoxygenation of m-Cresol over Platinum and Ruthenium Catalysts journal September 2015
Coverage-Induced Conformational Effects on Activity and Selectivity: Hydrogenation and Decarbonylation of Furfural on Pd(111) journal November 2014
Hydrogenation of benzene and toluene over size controlled Pt/SBA-15 catalysts: Elucidation of the Pt particle size effect on reaction kinetics journal August 2012
Highly selective catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol to cyclohexane over Pt/TiO2 and NiMo/Al2O3 catalysts journal August 2014
Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived monomers and lignocellulose pyrolysis oil on the carbon-supported Ru catalysts journal May 2016
Adsorbate-substrate and adsorbate-adsorbate interactions of Na and K adlayers on Al(111) journal December 1992
Screening of Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation of Phenol as a Model Compound for Bio-oil journal July 2013
First-Principles Atomistic Thermodynamics for Oxidation Catalysis: Surface Phase Diagrams and Catalytically Interesting Regions journal January 2003
Evaluation of Silica-Supported Metal and Metal Phosphide Nanoparticle Catalysts for the Hydrodeoxygenation of Guaiacol Under Ex Situ Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Conditions journal September 2015
Improved tetrahedron method for Brillouin-zone integrations journal June 1994
Kinetics and mechanism of m-cresol hydrodeoxygenation on a Pt/SiO2 catalyst journal August 2014
Controlling Catalytic Selectivity via Adsorbate Orientation on the Surface: From Furfural Deoxygenation to Reactions of Epoxides journal March 2015