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Title: Adsorption and oxidation of propane and cyclopropane on IrO2(110)

Abstract

Here, we investigated the adsorption and oxidation of n-propane and cyclopropane (C3H8 and c-C3H6) on the IrO2(110) surface using temperature programmed reaction spectroscopy (TPRS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. We find that the activation of both C3H8 and c-C3H6 is facile on IrO2(110) at low temperature, and that the dissociated alkanes oxidize during TPRS to produce CO, CO2 and H2O above ~400 K. Propane conversion to propylene is negligible during TPRS for the conditions studied. Our results show that the maximum yield of alkane that oxidizes during TPRS is higher for c-C3H6 compared with C3H8 (~0.30 vs. 0.18 monolayer) and that pre-hydrogenation of the surface suppresses c-C3H6 oxidation to a lesser extent than C3H8. Consistent with the experimental results, DFT predicts that C3H8 and c-C3H6 form σ-complexes on IrO2(110) and that C–H bond activation of the complexes as well as subsequent dehydrogenation are highly facile via H-transfer to Obr atoms (bridging O-atoms). Our calculations predict that propane conversion to gaseous propylene is kinetically disfavored on IrO2(110) because HObr recombination makes Obr atoms available to promote further dehydrogenation at lower temperatures than those needed for the adsorbed C3H6 intermediate to desorb as propylene. We also present evidence that that themore » ability for c-C3H6 to activate via ring-opening is responsible for cyclopropane attaining higher reaction yields during TPRS and exhibiting a weaker sensitivity to surface pre-hydrogenation compared with n-propane.« less

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  1. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
  2. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
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Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1609450
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1482258
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-03ER15478
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 20; Journal Issue: 46; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-9076
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Chemistry; Physics

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Martin, Rachel, Kim, Minkyu, Franklin, Austin, Bian, Yingxue, Asthagiri, Aravind, and Weaver, Jason F. Adsorption and oxidation of propane and cyclopropane on IrO2(110). United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1039/c8cp06125d.
Martin, Rachel, Kim, Minkyu, Franklin, Austin, Bian, Yingxue, Asthagiri, Aravind, & Weaver, Jason F. Adsorption and oxidation of propane and cyclopropane on IrO2(110). United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp06125d
Martin, Rachel, Kim, Minkyu, Franklin, Austin, Bian, Yingxue, Asthagiri, Aravind, and Weaver, Jason F. Thu . "Adsorption and oxidation of propane and cyclopropane on IrO2(110)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp06125d. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1609450.
@article{osti_1609450,
title = {Adsorption and oxidation of propane and cyclopropane on IrO2(110)},
author = {Martin, Rachel and Kim, Minkyu and Franklin, Austin and Bian, Yingxue and Asthagiri, Aravind and Weaver, Jason F.},
abstractNote = {Here, we investigated the adsorption and oxidation of n-propane and cyclopropane (C3H8 and c-C3H6) on the IrO2(110) surface using temperature programmed reaction spectroscopy (TPRS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. We find that the activation of both C3H8 and c-C3H6 is facile on IrO2(110) at low temperature, and that the dissociated alkanes oxidize during TPRS to produce CO, CO2 and H2O above ~400 K. Propane conversion to propylene is negligible during TPRS for the conditions studied. Our results show that the maximum yield of alkane that oxidizes during TPRS is higher for c-C3H6 compared with C3H8 (~0.30 vs. 0.18 monolayer) and that pre-hydrogenation of the surface suppresses c-C3H6 oxidation to a lesser extent than C3H8. Consistent with the experimental results, DFT predicts that C3H8 and c-C3H6 form σ-complexes on IrO2(110) and that C–H bond activation of the complexes as well as subsequent dehydrogenation are highly facile via H-transfer to Obr atoms (bridging O-atoms). Our calculations predict that propane conversion to gaseous propylene is kinetically disfavored on IrO2(110) because HObr recombination makes Obr atoms available to promote further dehydrogenation at lower temperatures than those needed for the adsorbed C3H6 intermediate to desorb as propylene. We also present evidence that that the ability for c-C3H6 to activate via ring-opening is responsible for cyclopropane attaining higher reaction yields during TPRS and exhibiting a weaker sensitivity to surface pre-hydrogenation compared with n-propane.},
doi = {10.1039/c8cp06125d},
journal = {Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP},
number = 46,
volume = 20,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 08 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Nov 08 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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