Research of the behaviour of O chemisorption on the （110） surface of Rhx-Pt1-x alloy

An atomic group model of the disordered binary alloy Rhx-Pt1-x has been constructed to investigate surface segregation. According to the model, we have calculated the electronic structure of the Rhx-Pt1-x alloy surface by using the recursion method when O atoms are adsorbed on the Rhx-Pt1-x （110） surface under the condition of coverage 0.5. The calculation results indicate that the chemical adsorption of O changes greatly the density of states near the Fermi level, and the surface segregation exhibits a reversal behaviour. In addition, when x 〈 0.3, the surface on which O is adsorbed displays the property of Pt; whereas when x 〉 0.3 it displays the property of Rh.

Study on Chemisorption and Desorption of Hydrogen and Nitrogen on Ru-based Ammonia Synthesis Catalyst

The effects of promoters K, Ba, Sm on the chemisorption and desorption of hydrogen and nitrogen, dispersion of metallic Ru. and catalytic activity of active carbon (AC) supported ruthenium catalyst for ammonia synthesis have been studied by means of pulse chromatography, temperature-programmed desorption, and activity test. Promoters K, Ba and Sm increased the activity of Ru/AC catalysts for ammonia synthesis significantly, and particularly, potassium exhibited the best promotion on the activity because of the strong electronic donation to metallic Ru. Much higher activity can be obtained for Ru/AC catalyst with binary or triple promoters. The activity of Ru/AC catalyst is dependent on the adsorption of hydrogen and nitrogen. The high activity of catalyst could be ascribed to strong dissociation of nitrogen on the catalyst surface. Strong adsorption of hydrogen would inhibit the adsorption of nitrogen, resulted in decrease of the catalytic activity. Ru/AC catalyst promoted by Sm2O3 shows the best dispersion of metallic Ru, since the partly reduced SmOx on the surface modifies the morphology of active sites and favors the dispersion of metallic Ru. The activity of Ru/AC catalysts is in accordance to the corresponding amount of nitrogen chemisorption and the desorption activation energy of nitrogen. The desorption activation energy for nitrogen decreases in the order of Ru>Ru-Ba>Ru-Sm>Ru-Ba-Sm>Ru-K>Ru-K-Sm>Ru-K-Ba>Ru-K-Ba-Sm, just opposite to the order of catalytic activity, suggesting that the ammonia synthesis over Ru-based catalyst is controlled by the step of dissociation of nitrogen.

Enabling Multi-Chemisorption Sites on Carbon Nanofibers Cathodes by an In-situ Exfoliation Strategy for High-Performance Zn–Ion Hybrid Capacitors

Carbon nanofibers films are typical flexible electrode in the field of energy storage,but their application in Zinc-ion hybrid capacitors(ZIHCs)is limited by the low energy density due to the lack of active adsorption sites.In this work,an in-situ exfoliation strategy is reported to modulate the chemisorption sites of carbon nanofibers by high pyridine/pyrrole nitrogen doping and carbonyl functionalization.The experimental results and theoretical calculations indicate that the highly electronegative pyridine/pyrrole nitrogen dopants can not only greatly reduce the binding energy between carbonyl group and Z n2+by inducing charge delocalization of the carbonyl group,but also promote the adsorption of Zn2+by bonding with the carbonyl group to form N–Zn–O bond.Benefit from the multiple highly active chemisorption sites generated by the synergy between carbonyl groups and pyridine/pyrrole nitrogen atoms,the resulting carbon nanofibers film cathode displays a high energy density,an ultralong-term lifespan,and excellent capacity reservation under commercial mass loading(14.45 mg cm-2).Particularly,the cathodes can also operate stably in flexible or quasi-solid devices,indicating its application potential in flexible electronic products.This work established a universal method to solve the bottleneck problem of insufficient active adsorption sites of carbon-based ZIHCs.Imoproved should be changed into Improved.

DFT Study of Physisorption Effect of the Curcumin on CNT(8,0-6) Nanotube for Biological Applications

In the given work the adsorption properties of molecule curcumin((1 E,6 E)-1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione) on CNT(8,0-6) nanotube were investigated by the density functional theory(DFT) in the solvent water for the first time. The non-bonded interaction effects of compounds curcumin and CNT(8,0-6) nanotube on the electronic properties, UV/Vis spectra, chemical shift tensors and natural charges were determined and discussed. The electronic spectra of the compound curcumin and the complex CNT(8,0-6)/curcumin in the solvent water were calculated by time dependent density functional theory(TD-DFT) for investigation of the maximum wavelength value of molecule Curcumin before and after the non-bonded interaction with the CNT(8,0-6) nanotube and molecular orbitals involved in the formation of absorption spectrum of the complex CNT(8,0-6)/curcumin at maximum wavelength.

A Density Functional Theory Study of Methoxy and Atomic Hydrogen Chemisorption on Au(100) Surface

The adsorption of CH3O and H on the (100) facet of gold was studied using self-consistent periodic density functional theory (DFT-GGA) calculations. The best binding site, energy, and structural parameter, as well as the local density of states, of each species were determined. CH3O is predicted to strongly adsorb on the bridge and hollow sites, with the bridge site as preferred one, with one of the hydrogen atoms pointing toward a fourfold vacancy (bridge-H hollow). The top site was found to be unstable, the CH3O radical moving to the bridge –H top site during geometry optimization. Adsorption of H is unstable on the hollow site, the atom moving to the bridge site during geometry optimization. The 4-layer slab is predicted to be endothermic with respect to gaseous H2 and a clean Au surface.

O2, CO2, and H2O Chemisorption on UN（001） Surface： Density Functional Theory Study

We performed density functional theory calculations of O2, CO2, and H2O chemisorption on the UN（001） surface using the generalized gradient approximation and PW91 exchangecorrelation functional at non-spin polarized level with the periodic slab model. Chemisorption energies vs. molecular distance from UN（001） surface were optimized for four symmetrical chemisorption sites. The results showed that the bridge parallel, hollow parallel and bridge hydrogen-up adsorption sites were the most stable site for O2, CO2, and H2O molecular with chemisorption energies of 14.48, 4.492, and 5.85 kJ/mol, respectively. From the point of adsorbent （the UN（001） surface）, interaction of O2 with the UN（001） surface was of the maximum magnitude, then CO2 and H2O, indicating that these interactions were associated with structures of the adsorbate. O2 chemisorption caused N atoms on the surface to migrate into the bulk, however CO2 and H2O had a moderate and negligible effect on the surface, respectively. Calculated electronic density of states demonstrated the electronic charge transfer between s, p orbital in chemisorption molecular and U6d, U5f orbital.

Tuning the reversible chemisorption of hydroxyl ions to promote the electrocatalysis on ultrathin metal-organic framework nanosheets

Interfacial engineering to alter the configuration of active sites in heterogeneous catalysts is a potential strategy for activity enhancement,but it remains unelucidated for metal-organic frameworks(MOFs).Here,we demonstrate that the surface of two-dimensional Co-based MOF is modified by decorating Ag quantum dots(QDs)simply through in-situ reduction of Ag+ions.Toward oxygen evolution reaction(OER),it reveals that the catalysis is mediated by the reversible redox of Co sites between Co^(3+) and Co^(4+) states coupling with transfer of OHions.The decoration of Ag QDs decreases the redox potential of Co sites,and thus effectively decreases the overpotential of OER.The TOFs of Co sites are increased by 77 times to reach 5.4 s^(-1) at an overpotential of 0.35 V.We attribute the activity enhancement to the tuning of the coupling process between Co sites and OHions during the redox of Co sites by Ag QDs decoration based on Pourbaix analysis.

Decorating ketjen black with ultra-small Mo_(2)C nanoparticles to enhance polysulfides chemisorption and redox kinetics for lithium-sulfur batteries

The low sulfur utilization and fast capacity fading resulting from the sluggish redox reaction and abominable polysulfides shuttle greatly hinder the practical applications of lithium-sulfur(Li-S) batteries.Herein, we develop a facile "in-situ growth" method to decorate ultra-small Mo2 C nanoparticles(USMo2 C) on the surface of Ketjen Black(KB) to functionalize the commercial polypropylene(PP) separators,which can accelerate the redox kinetics of lithium polysulfides conversion and effectively increase the utilization of sulfur for Li-S batteries. Importantly, the US-Mo2 C nanoparticles have abundant sites for chemical adsorption towards polysulfides and the conductive carbon networks of KB have cross-linked pore channels, which can promote electron transport and provide physical barrier and volume expansion space for polysulfides. Due to the combined effects of the US-Mo2 C and KB, Li-S cells employing the multifunctional PP separators modified with KB/US-Mo2 C composite(KB/US-Mo2 C@PP) exhibit a high specific capacity(1212.8 mAh g^(-1) at 0.2 C), and maintain a reversible capacity of 1053.3 m Ah g^(-1) after 100 cycles.More importantly, the KB/US-Mo2 C@PP cells with higher sulfur mass loading of 4.9 mg cm^(-2) have superb areal capacity of 2.3 mAh cm^(-2). This work offers a novel and promising perspective for high-performance Li-S batteries from both the shuttle effect and the complex polysulfides conversion.

Dynamic chemical processes on ZnO surfaces tuned by physisorption under ambient conditions

The catalytic properties of non-reducible metal oxides have intrigued continuous interest in the past decades.Often time,catalytic studies of bulk non-reducible oxides focused on their high-temperature applications owing to their weak interaction with small molecules.Hereby,combining ambient-pressure scanning tunneling microscopy(AP-STM),AP X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(AP-XPS)and density functional theory(DFT)calculations,we studied the activation of CO and CO_(2)on ZnO,a typical nonreducible oxide and major catalytic material in the conversion of C1 molecules.By visualizing the chemical processes on ZnO surfaces at the atomic scale under AP conditions,we showed that new adsorbate structures induced by the enhanced physisorption and the concerted interaction of physisorbed molecules could facilitate the activation of CO and CO_(2)on ZnO.The reactivity of ZnO towards CO could be observed under AP conditions,where an ordered(2×1)–CO structure was observed on ZnO(1010).Meanwhile,chemisorption of CO_(2)on ZnO(1010)under AP conditions was also enhanced by physisorbed CO_(2),which minimizes the repulsion between surface dipoles and causes a(3×1)–CO_(2)structure.Our study has brought molecular insight into the fundamental chemistry and catalytic properties of ZnO surfaces under realistic reaction conditions.

THEORETICAL STUDY OF MOLYBDENUM CHEMISORPTION ON Si(111) AND Si(100 ) SURFACES

The chemisorptions of Mo on both Si(111)and Si(100)surfaces are inves tiga ted by the DV-Xct-SCF met hod.The resul ts show that after overcoming a certain energy barrier the adsorbate Mo can penetrate the surface to form adamantine structure.The electronic states of chemisorption are calculated and compared with experimental results.

Chemisorption and Physical Adsorption Roles in Cadmium Biosorption by Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii

The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of cadmium (Cd) adsorbed by microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (C.reinhardtii). The kinetic and adsorption isotherm of the process could be well described by mathematical models. Chemical modification experiments and Fourier transform infrared spectra indicated that carboxyl and amine groups were the important functional groups for adsorption of Cd. The maximum contribution of physical adsorption in the overall adsorption process was evaluated as 5.5%. These results indicated that chemisorption was the dominating mechanism of Cd biosorption by C.reinhardtii.

Study of physisorption of volatile anesthetics on phos-pholipid monolayers using a highly sensitive quartz crystal microbalance (HS-QCM)

We have investigated the interactions between phospholipid monolayers and volatile anest-hatics. Two monolayers (dihexadecyl phosphate (DHP) and dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline (DPPC) and two anesthetics (halothane and enflurane) were used to observe these interac-tions using a highly sensitive quartz crystal microbalance (HS-QCM). The concentration of each anesthetic in aqueous solution was kept at 4 mM. The frequency of QCM showed no change when halothane was added to the DHP monolayer, however, it responded and de-creased when interaction occurred with DPPC monolayer. In case of enflurane addition the frequency decreased in both the monolayers of DHP and DPPC. The frequency change followed the following order of monolayer-anesthetic interactions: DHP-halothane <DPPC-halothane <DHP-enflurane <DPPC-enflurane. These re-sults showed that the response of anesthetics to the monolayers i.e. the physisorption not only depends on the anesthetic structure, the type of anesthetic hydrate formed, but also the hydrophilic polar group structure of the monolayer or the monolayer/water interface had an important role in physisorption.

Effects of Vibrational and Rotational Excitations on Dissociative Chemisorption Dynamics of N_(2) on Fe(111)

The dissociative chemisorption of N_(2) is the rate-limiting step for ammonia synthesis in industry.Here,we investigated the role of initially vibrational excitation and ro-tational excitation of N_(2) for its reactivity on the Fe(111)surface,based on a recently developed six-dimensional potential energy surface.Six-dimensional quantum dynamics study was carried out to investi-gate the effect of vibrational excitation for incidence energy below 1.6 eV,due to sig-nificant quantum effects for this reaction.The effects of vibrational and rotational excitations at high incidence energies were revealed by quasiclassical trajectory calculations.We found that raising the translational energy can enhance the dissociation probability to some extent,however,the vibrational excitation or rotational excitation can promote disso-ciation more efficiently than the same amount of translational energy.This study provides valuable insight into the mode-specific dynamics of this heavy diatom-surface reaction.

Elucidating the Chemisorption Phenomena in SERS Studies via Computational Modeling

Colloidal gold solutions with nanostars and nanospheres as well as KlariteTM gold and gold-copper bimetallic substrates were used for SERS analysis of aniline and nitroaniline isomers to investigate their chemisorption phenomena. Computational modeling based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) was used in conjunction with the SERS analysis to study the adsorption behaviors of the analytes on metal surfaces. Gold nanospheres and KlariteTM samples produced about a 10-fold increase in signal enhancement compared to gold nanostars for the SERS analysis of aniline, nitroaniline isomers, and nitrobenzene. Signal enhancement is significantly greater for aniline compared to nitrobenzene and it is dependent on the proximity of the NH2 to the NO2 group for the nitroaniline isomers. Charge-transfer in chemisorbed analytes is an important contributing factor for SERS signal. The relative strengths of enhancement can be predicted by the DFT calculation of the HOMO-LUMO energy gaps of the analyte-metal cluster. Aniline and the three nitroaniline isomers showed stronger preference for the copper substrates if both the gold and copper substrates are present. The NO2 group in 2-nitroaniline has a very strong preference and affinity for the copper in the Au-Cu bimetallic cluster.

Density functional theory study of H, C and O chemisorption on UN(001) and(111) surfaces

We performed density functional theory calculations of H, C, and O chemisorption on the UN(001) and(111) surfaces using the generalized gradient approximation(GGA) and the Hubbard U parameter and revised Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof(RPBE) exchange-correlation functional at non-spin polarized level with the periodic slab model. Chemisorption energies vs. distance of molecules from UN(001) and UN(111) surfaces have been optimized for four symmetrical chemisorption sites, respectively. The results show that the Hollow, N-top, and Hollow adsorption sites are the most stable sites for H, C, and O atoms with chemisorption energies of 13.06,25.50 and 27.34 kJ/mol for UN(001) surface, respectively. From the point of adsorbent(UN(001) and UN(111)surfaces in this paper), interaction of O with the chemisorbed surface is of the maximum magnitude, then C and H, which are in agreement with electronegativities of individual atoms. For the UN(001) surface, U-N bond lengths change relatively little(< 9%) as a result of H chemisorption, however C and O chemisorptions result in remarkable changes for U-N bond lengths in interlayer(> 10%). Electronic structure calculations indicate that Bridge position is equivalent with Hollow position, and the most stable chemisorption position for H, C,and O atoms are all Bridge(or Hollow) position for the UN(111) surface. Calculated electronic density of states(DOSs) demonstrate electronic charge transfer between s, p orbitals in chemisorbed atoms and U 6d, 5f orbitals.

A QUANTUM CHEMISTRY STUDY ON THE SIZE-DEPENDENCE OF THE CHEMISORPTION OF AMMONIA AND CARBON MONOXIDE ON ALUMINUM CLUSTERS

The chemisorption intensities of NH_3 and CO on aluminum clusters A1_n(n=l-13) have been theoretically predicted by using CNDO/2 method and properly selecting the clusters' geometries.The results show that the chemisorptions of NH_3 and GO on Al_2,Al_6 and Al_12 are magically stable and thus are in good agreement with the experimental results.In addition,an electronic structure analysis is made to expound the nature of such a size effect.

A MOLECULAR BEAM INVESTIGATION ON ACTIVATED CHEMISORPTION OF N_2 ON Ni SURFACE AND La FILM

The activated chemisorption of N2 on Ni （poly） and La film was performed on a molecular beam—surface scattering apparatus. Experimental results indicate that the initial sticking probability so increases linearly from 0 to 0.03 as normal component of translational energy of the molecuar beam En increases from 11.00 to 19.91 kcal/mol for N2/Ni system and S0 from 0 to 0. 10 as En from 10. 40 to 19.91 kcal/mol for N2/La system. The apparent activation energy △E are 6.16 kcal/mol and 5.30 kcal/mol for N2/Ni and N2/La systems respectively.

The Ab Initio Studies of NO Chemisorption on TiO_2(110) Surface

The studies of NO chemisorption on TiO2(110) surface are the base of research to NO decomposed to N2O on TiO2 surface. In this paper, 12 kinds of possible models of NO adsorbed on TiO2 perfect and defect surface were calculated by use of ab initio cluster method. We carried out optimization of the geometry, calculation of the chemisorption energy and analysis of the Mulliken population to those adsorption models. According to the calculation results, it can be got that the adsorbed decomposition of NO on defect surface is more advantageous and M6 and M12 are the important models to NO chemisorption and decomposition on TiO2 surface.

WO_(3)/Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S S型异质结光催化产氢耦合有机物转化机理研究

开发新型纳米材料实现光催化产氢耦合有机物转化、提高太阳能到化学能的转换效率,在解决能源和环境危机方面具有巨大潜力。三元金属硫化物具有可调控的带隙和优异的可见光响应,在光催化分解水产氢方面引起了广泛关注。其中,Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S是一种带隙较窄、导带位置较高、耐光腐蚀的还原型光催化剂;然而,单一Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S中光生电子和空穴的复合率较高,只有少部分光生载流子参与光催化反应,导致量子效率较低而无法达到实际需求。WO_(3)是一种典型的氧化型光催化剂,具有较低的价带位置和较强的氧化能力,是与Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S耦合构建S型异质结的理想半导体。基于此,本文通过静电纺丝和水热方法将Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S纳米片垂直生长在WO_(3)纳米纤维上,制备了具有核壳结构的WO_(3)/Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S异质结。功函数的差异驱动Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S的电子转移到WO_(3)上,在界面处形成内建电场并使能带弯曲。通过原位光照X射线光电子能谱、电子顺磁共振和时间分辨荧光光谱分析,发现在内建电场、弯曲能带和库仑吸引力的作用下,WO_(3)导带上的光生电子迁移到Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S价带上并与其光生空穴复合,表明WO_(3)和Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S之间形成了S型异质结,实现了具有强氧化还原能力的载流子的高效分离。得益于独特的S型光催化机制以及反应物在催化剂表面的有效吸附与活化,没有贵金属助催化剂的情况下,WO_(3)/Zn_(0.5)Cd_(0.5)S异质结在产氢(715 μmol·g^(-1)·h^(-1))和乳酸转化为丙酮酸方面表现出增强的光催化活性,实现了光生电子和空穴的高效利用。原位漫反射傅里叶变换红外光谱和密度泛函理论计算揭示了光催化产氢和有机物转化的反应机理。本工作为设计和研究新型S型异质结光催化剂、实现高效产氢耦合有机物转化提供了新的见解。

铁基质硅藻土处理油田含硫注入水的吸附性能研究

针对油田注入水中含硫而危害设备的问题,选择铁基质硅藻土脱硫剂(M-1),开展其在不同停留时间下的除硫效果和不同温度下的饱和吸附量实验。利用SEM、EDS等技术对M-1进行表征,利用热力学与动力学模型对实验数据进行拟合。结果表明,M-1表面为均匀细密的孔道,硫容能力强,主要成分为含40%铁的硅藻土;其吸附速度快,反应1 min时,水样中硫含量由原来的40.32 mg/L减少为0.029 mg/L,除硫率达到99.93%;该吸附过程符合Langmuir吸附模型和准二级动力学模型,属于单分子层吸附,是由化学吸附占主导地位,化学和物理吸附共同控制的过程,且该吸附是自发、混乱度降低的微放热反应。