To investigate the effects of chlorine on the Au/ceria catalysts,the adsorption of gold or chlorine and their coadsorpiton on the stoichiometric and partially reduced CeO2(111) surfaces are studied from the first pr...To investigate the effects of chlorine on the Au/ceria catalysts,the adsorption of gold or chlorine and their coadsorpiton on the stoichiometric and partially reduced CeO2(111) surfaces are studied from the first principles.It is found that the adsorption of Au is significantly enhanced by the chlorine preadsorption on the stoichiometric CeO2(111) surface;while on the partially reduced CeO2(111) surface,the preadsorbed chlorine inhabits the oxygen vacancy(which is the preferred adsorption site for gold),leading to a CeOCl phase and the dramatical weakening of the Au adsorption.Therefore,chlorine on the CeO2(111) surface can affect the Au adsorption thus the activity of the Au/CeO2 catalyst.展开更多
We have systematically investigated the adsorption and hydrogenation process of p-chloronitrobenzene on Au20 cluster using density functional theory-DFT) calculations.The adsorption of two types of all species,vertic...We have systematically investigated the adsorption and hydrogenation process of p-chloronitrobenzene on Au20 cluster using density functional theory-DFT) calculations.The adsorption of two types of all species,vertical adsorption and parallel adsorption,is compared,revealing that former model is more stable than the latter,and all of the species prefer to adsorb at the vertex site.After adsorption,electrons transferred from Au20 cluster to the p-chloronitrobenzene molecule.Almost all hydrogenation processes are exothermic,and the C–Cl bond scissions are considered as the rate-limiting step for both Paths A-p-CNB→p-CAN→AN) and B-p-CNB→NB→AN) with the energy barriers of 2.62 and 2.95 e V,respectively.These suggest that the C–Cl bond scission is not easy to occur on Au20 cluster due to the high energy barrier,especially the path B.The p-chloroaniline is the main hydrogenation product catalyzed by Au20.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11174070,51401078,and 11147006)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2012M521399)+2 种基金the Postdoctoral Research Sponsorship in Henan Province,China(Grant No.2011038)the Foundation for the Key Young Teachers of Henan Normal UniversityStart-up Foundation for Doctors of Henan Normal University,China
文摘To investigate the effects of chlorine on the Au/ceria catalysts,the adsorption of gold or chlorine and their coadsorpiton on the stoichiometric and partially reduced CeO2(111) surfaces are studied from the first principles.It is found that the adsorption of Au is significantly enhanced by the chlorine preadsorption on the stoichiometric CeO2(111) surface;while on the partially reduced CeO2(111) surface,the preadsorbed chlorine inhabits the oxygen vacancy(which is the preferred adsorption site for gold),leading to a CeOCl phase and the dramatical weakening of the Au adsorption.Therefore,chlorine on the CeO2(111) surface can affect the Au adsorption thus the activity of the Au/CeO2 catalyst.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China-No.21503188)the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province-No.LQ15B030002)
文摘We have systematically investigated the adsorption and hydrogenation process of p-chloronitrobenzene on Au20 cluster using density functional theory-DFT) calculations.The adsorption of two types of all species,vertical adsorption and parallel adsorption,is compared,revealing that former model is more stable than the latter,and all of the species prefer to adsorb at the vertex site.After adsorption,electrons transferred from Au20 cluster to the p-chloronitrobenzene molecule.Almost all hydrogenation processes are exothermic,and the C–Cl bond scissions are considered as the rate-limiting step for both Paths A-p-CNB→p-CAN→AN) and B-p-CNB→NB→AN) with the energy barriers of 2.62 and 2.95 e V,respectively.These suggest that the C–Cl bond scission is not easy to occur on Au20 cluster due to the high energy barrier,especially the path B.The p-chloroaniline is the main hydrogenation product catalyzed by Au20.