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Title: CO 2 Adsorption on Anatase TiO 2 (101) Surfaces in the Presence of Subnanometer Ag/Pt Clusters: Implications for CO 2 Photoreduction

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp509219n· OSTI ID:1325872
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  1. Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Quantum Simulations Group

We show how CO2 adsorption on perfect and reduced anatase TiO2 (101) surfaces can be substantially modified by the presence of surface Ag and Pt octamer clusters, using density functional theory calculations. Furthermore, we found that adsorption was affected even at sites where the adsorbate was not in direct contact with the octamer, which we attributed to charge donation to CO2 from the Ag/Pt-modified surface, as well as an electrostatic competition between attractive (Ti–O) and repulsive (Ti–C) interactions. Additionally, TiO2-supported Pt octamers offer key advantages that could be leveraged for CO2 photoreduction, including providing additional stable adsorption sites for bent CO2 species and facilitating charge transfer to aid in CO2– anion formation. Electronic structure analysis suggests these factors arise primarily from the hybridization of the bonding molecular orbitals of CO2 with d orbitals of the Pt atoms. Our results show that, for adsorption on TiO2-supported Pt octamers, the O–C–O bending and C–O asymmetric stretching frequencies can be used as reliable indicators of the presence of the CO2– anion intermediate as well as to distinguish unique adsorption geometries or sites. Finally, we suggest a possible pathway for subsequent CO2 dissociation to CO at the surface of a reduced anatase TiO2 (101)-supported Pt octamer, which has a computed energy barrier of 1.01 eV.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1325872
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-659615
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Vol. 118, Issue 45; ISSN 1932-7447
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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