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Title: Atomic and Molecular Adsorption on Cu(111)

Abstract

Here, due to the wide use of copper-based catalysts in industrial chemical processes, fundamental understanding of the interactions between copper surfaces and various reaction intermediates is highly desired. Here, we performed periodic, self-consistent density functional theory (DFT-GGA) calculations to study the adsorption of five atomic species (H, C, N, O, and S), seven molecular species (NH3, CH4, N2, CO, HCN, NO, and HCOOH), and 13 molecular fragments (CH, CH2, CH3, NH, NH2, OH, CN, COH, HCO, COOH, HCOO, NOH, and HNO) on the Cu(111) surface at a coverage of 0.25 monolayer. The preferred binding site, binding energy, and the corresponding surface deformation energy of each species were determined, as well as the estimated diffusion barrier and diffusion pathway. The binding strengths calculated using the PW91 functional decreased in the following order: CH > C > O > S > CN > NH > N > CH2 > OH > HCOO > COH > H > NH2 > NOH > COOH > HNO > HCO > CH3 > NO > CO > NH3 > HCOOH. No stable binding structures were observed for N2, HCN, and CH4. The adsorbate–surface and intramolecular vibrational modes of all the adsorbates at their preferred binding sitesmore » were deternined. Using the calculated adsorption energetics, potential energy surfaces were constructed for the direct decomposition of CO, CO2, NO, N2, NH3, and CH4 and the hydrogen-assisted decomposition of CO, CO2, and NO.« less

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  1. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (United States)
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Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
Contributing Org.:
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL); and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL), a national scientific user facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
OSTI Identifier:
1440993
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-05ER15731
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Topics in Catalysis
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: June 2018; Journal Issue: 7-8; Journal ID: ISSN 1022-5528
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Density functional theory; Copper; Adsorption; Catalysis; Thermochemistry

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Xu, Lang, Lin, Joshua, Bai, Yunhai, and Mavrikakis, Manos. Atomic and Molecular Adsorption on Cu(111). United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1007/s11244-018-0943-0.
Xu, Lang, Lin, Joshua, Bai, Yunhai, & Mavrikakis, Manos. Atomic and Molecular Adsorption on Cu(111). United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-018-0943-0
Xu, Lang, Lin, Joshua, Bai, Yunhai, and Mavrikakis, Manos. Tue . "Atomic and Molecular Adsorption on Cu(111)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-018-0943-0. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1440993.
@article{osti_1440993,
title = {Atomic and Molecular Adsorption on Cu(111)},
author = {Xu, Lang and Lin, Joshua and Bai, Yunhai and Mavrikakis, Manos},
abstractNote = {Here, due to the wide use of copper-based catalysts in industrial chemical processes, fundamental understanding of the interactions between copper surfaces and various reaction intermediates is highly desired. Here, we performed periodic, self-consistent density functional theory (DFT-GGA) calculations to study the adsorption of five atomic species (H, C, N, O, and S), seven molecular species (NH3, CH4, N2, CO, HCN, NO, and HCOOH), and 13 molecular fragments (CH, CH2, CH3, NH, NH2, OH, CN, COH, HCO, COOH, HCOO, NOH, and HNO) on the Cu(111) surface at a coverage of 0.25 monolayer. The preferred binding site, binding energy, and the corresponding surface deformation energy of each species were determined, as well as the estimated diffusion barrier and diffusion pathway. The binding strengths calculated using the PW91 functional decreased in the following order: CH > C > O > S > CN > NH > N > CH2 > OH > HCOO > COH > H > NH2 > NOH > COOH > HNO > HCO > CH3 > NO > CO > NH3 > HCOOH. No stable binding structures were observed for N2, HCN, and CH4. The adsorbate–surface and intramolecular vibrational modes of all the adsorbates at their preferred binding sites were deternined. Using the calculated adsorption energetics, potential energy surfaces were constructed for the direct decomposition of CO, CO2, NO, N2, NH3, and CH4 and the hydrogen-assisted decomposition of CO, CO2, and NO.},
doi = {10.1007/s11244-018-0943-0},
journal = {Topics in Catalysis},
number = 7-8,
volume = June 2018,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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Table 1 Table 1: Binding energies (PW91 [RPBE]) and site preferences of atomic species on Cu(111)

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