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Title: Tuning Methane Activation Chemistry on Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides by Doping

Abstract

Here, we study oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) on alkaline earth metal oxides (AEMOs) doped with either a transition metal (TM) or an alkaline earth metal (AEM) different from that of the host oxide. We assess whether doping can lead to new materials that are better than the pure oxides or deviate from the limitations of the scaling relations. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that doped AEMO surfaces follow similar linear scaling relations as observed on pure AEMO; however, doped surfaces bind the adsorbates, hydrogen, and methyl more strongly. Both TM- and AEM-doped AEMOs show that methane activation mostly occurs through a surface-mediated pathway, where at the transition state the methane C–H bond is stretched, and the methyl interacts mostly with the dopant atom and the hydrogen with the lattice oxygen. The stronger hydrogen binding in the doped surfaces leads to a lower methane activation barrier; however, in some cases, the catalyst surface binds the hydrogen too strongly, poisoning the active site and making the catalyst inactive. The doped systems are largely constrained by the scaling relations, but sites closer to the optimum of the volcano plot exist, suggesting room for improvement.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]
  1. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
  2. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1490971
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 39; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Aljama, Hassan, Nørskov, Jens K., and Abild-Pedersen, Frank. Tuning Methane Activation Chemistry on Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides by Doping. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06682.
Aljama, Hassan, Nørskov, Jens K., & Abild-Pedersen, Frank. Tuning Methane Activation Chemistry on Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides by Doping. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06682
Aljama, Hassan, Nørskov, Jens K., and Abild-Pedersen, Frank. 2018. "Tuning Methane Activation Chemistry on Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides by Doping". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06682. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1490971.
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title = {Tuning Methane Activation Chemistry on Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides by Doping},
author = {Aljama, Hassan and Nørskov, Jens K. and Abild-Pedersen, Frank},
abstractNote = {Here, we study oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) on alkaline earth metal oxides (AEMOs) doped with either a transition metal (TM) or an alkaline earth metal (AEM) different from that of the host oxide. We assess whether doping can lead to new materials that are better than the pure oxides or deviate from the limitations of the scaling relations. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that doped AEMO surfaces follow similar linear scaling relations as observed on pure AEMO; however, doped surfaces bind the adsorbates, hydrogen, and methyl more strongly. Both TM- and AEM-doped AEMOs show that methane activation mostly occurs through a surface-mediated pathway, where at the transition state the methane C–H bond is stretched, and the methyl interacts mostly with the dopant atom and the hydrogen with the lattice oxygen. The stronger hydrogen binding in the doped surfaces leads to a lower methane activation barrier; however, in some cases, the catalyst surface binds the hydrogen too strongly, poisoning the active site and making the catalyst inactive. The doped systems are largely constrained by the scaling relations, but sites closer to the optimum of the volcano plot exist, suggesting room for improvement.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06682},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1490971}, journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. C},
issn = {1932-7447},
number = 39,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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