Theoretical investigation of surface chemical reactivity of compositionally disordered multi-metallic alloys
Alloys are widely used in both academic and industrial research as heterogeneous catalysts for accelerating technologically important reactions ranging from hydrocarbon reforming, selective hydrogenation, to electrochemical reactions involving hydrogen and oxygen that are fundamental and indispensable to a sustainable future energy infrastructure. Most basic catalysis research has been limited to combinations of two elements that are usually ordered in some manner at the nanoscale because doing so allows observable results to be easily rationalized. It however leaves a huge material space consisting of multi metallic, compositionally disordered alloys unexplored. This research demonstrates a viable theoretical approach combining different types of first principles calculations (including Green’s function-based Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker coherent potential approximation (KKR–CPA) and planewave-based density functional theory) to enable the surface chemical reactivity of compositionally complex alloy surfaces to be investigated. We demonstrate the approach by investigating hydrogen adsorption and evolution on two types of compositionally disordered alloys: a quaternary CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy, and binary Pt-3d base metal alloys.
- Research Organization:
- Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0018408
- OSTI ID:
- 1908561
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-LSU-0018408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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