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Su HY, Sun K, Gu XK, Wang SS, Zhu J, Li WX, Sun C, Calle-Vallejo F. Finding Key Factors for Efficient Water and Methanol Activation at Metals, Oxides, MXenes, and Metal/Oxide Interfaces. ACS Catal 2022; 12:1237-1246. [PMID: 35096469 PMCID: PMC8788388 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Activating
water
and methanol is crucial in numerous catalytic,
electrocatalytic, and photocatalytic reactions. Despite extensive
research, the optimal active sites for water/methanol activation are
yet to be unequivocally elucidated. Here, we combine transition-state
searches and electronic charge analyses on various structurally different
materials to identify two features of favorable O–H bond cleavage
in H2O, CH3OH, and hydroxyl: (1) low barriers
appear when the charge of H moieties remains approximately constant
during the dissociation process, as observed on metal oxides, MXenes,
and metal/oxide interfaces. Such favorable kinetics is closely related
to adsorbate/substrate hydrogen bonding and is enhanced by nearly
linear O–H–O angles and short O–H distances.
(2) Fast dissociation is observed when the rotation of O–H
bonds is facile, which is favored by weak adsorbate binding and effective
orbital overlap. Interestingly, we find that the two features are
energetically proportional. Finally, we find conspicuous differences
between H2O/CH3OH and OH activation, which hints
toward the use of carefully engineered interfaces.
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- Hai-Yan Su
- School of Chemical Engineering and Energy Technology, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, 438 Hebei Avenue, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Centre for Translational Atomaterials, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Physics & Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB), University of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Carbon Monoxide Tolerant Pt-Based Electrocatalysts for H2-PEMFC Applications: Current Progress and Challenges. Catalysts 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/catal11091127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The activity degradation of hydrogen-fed proton exchange membrane fuel cells (H2-PEMFCs) in the presence of even trace amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) in the H2 fuel is among the major drawbacks currently hindering their commercialization. Although significant progress has been made, the development of a practical anode electrocatalyst with both high CO tolerance and stability has still not occurred. Currently, efforts are being devoted to Pt-based electrocatalysts, including (i) alloys developed via novel synthesis methods, (ii) Pt combinations with metal oxides, (iii) core–shell structures, and (iv) surface-modified Pt/C catalysts. Additionally, the prospect of substituting the conventional carbon black support with advanced carbonaceous materials or metal oxides and carbides has been widely explored. In the present review, we provide a brief introduction to the fundamental aspects of CO tolerance, followed by a comprehensive presentation and thorough discussion of the recent strategies applied to enhance the CO tolerance and stability of anode electrocatalysts. The aim is to determine the progress made so far, highlight the most promising state-of-the-art CO-tolerant electrocatalysts, and identify the contributions of the novel strategies and the future challenges.
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Surendralal S, Todorova M, Neugebauer J. Impact of Water Coadsorption on the Electrode Potential of H-Pt(1 1 1)-Liquid Water Interfaces. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:166802. [PMID: 33961474 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.166802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Density functional theory molecular dynamics simulations of H-covered Pt(111)-H_{2}O interfaces reveal that, in contrast to common understanding, H_{2}O coadsorption has a significant impact on the electrode potential of and plays a major role in determining the stability of H adsorbates under electrochemical conditions. Based on these insights, we explain the origin behind the experimentally observed upper limit of H coverage well below one monolayer and derive a chemically intuitive model for metal-water bonding that explains an unexpectedly large interaction between coadsorbed water and adsorbates.
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- Sudarsan Surendralal
- Department of Computational Materials Design, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, D-40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Computational Materials Design, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, D-40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Computational Materials Design, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Straße 1, D-40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Qaisrani MN, Grisanti L, Gebauer R, Hassanali A. Structural and dynamical heterogeneities at glutamine-water interfaces. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:16083-16094. [PMID: 31298261 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp02259g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The behavior of water at the surfaces of solid amino acid crystals has received little attention despite its importance in nucleation processes. In this work, we take a first step to fill this gap by using molecular dynamics simulations to study the structural and dynamical properties of water near the (100), (010) and (001) surfaces of l-glutamine crystals. These highly hydrophilic surfaces serve as excellent model systems for interrogating the behavior of water. Despite having the same molecular composition, water at each surface displays characteristic structural, orientational and dynamical correlations. This behavior is tuned by how the different chemical groups of amino acids make contact with the liquid phase. All three surfaces yield a glassy layer of interfacial water which is reflected in different ways such as the presence of a rotationally arrested layer of water molecules and substantial slow down of the diffusion of water near the interface. By increasing the concentration of molecules in solution, we show that the binding of glutamine molecules to the crystal surface creates a crowded environment involving pockets of trapped water molecules altering the water dynamics in a highly non-trivial manner suggesting that the solvent dynamics may have important implications on crystal nucleation.
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- Muhammad Nawaz Qaisrani
- International School for Advanced Studies, Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy and The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy.
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- Divison of Theoretical Physics - Institut Ruer Bošković (IRB), Bijenička cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy.
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- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy.
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Chernyshova IV, Ponnurangam S. Activation of CO2 at the electrode–electrolyte interface by a co-adsorbed cation and an electric field. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:8797-8807. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp07807f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Electric polarization by the local microenvironment strongly affects the CO2 activation at the electrode–electrolyte interface.
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- Irina V. Chernyshova
- Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering
- Columbia University
- New York
- USA
- Department of Geoscience and Petroleum
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- University of Calgary
- Calgary
- Canada
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Hamideh Babazadeh K, Foroutan M. Water distribution in layers of an aqueous film on the titanium dioxide surface: A molecular dynamic simulation approach. J Mol Liq 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Liu F, Sturm JM, Lee CJ, Bijkerk F. Coexistence of ice clusters and liquid-like water clusters on the Ru(0001) surface. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:8288-8299. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07369g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Detailed RAIRS spectra reveal rich and varied local hydrogen bonding structures inside the two types of water clusters found on the Ru(0001) surface.
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- Feng Liu
- Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics
- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology
- University of Twente
- Enschede
- The Netherlands
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- Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics
- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology
- University of Twente
- Enschede
- The Netherlands
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- Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics
- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology
- University of Twente
- Enschede
- The Netherlands
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- Industrial Focus Group XUV Optics
- MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology
- University of Twente
- Enschede
- The Netherlands
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Hansen MH, Nilsson A, Rossmeisl J. Modelling pH and potential in dynamic structures of the water/Pt(111) interface on the atomic scale. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:23505-23514. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03576d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Modelling liquid structures averages of water in the interface with Pt(111) as grand canonical averages, that are functions of pH and electrode potential, using work functions as the absolute potential scale.
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- Martin Hangaard Hansen
- Nano Science Center
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Copenhagen
- 2100 Copenhagen
- Denmark
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- Department of Physics
- AlbaNova University Center
- Stockholm University
- S-10691 Stockholm
- Sweden
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- Nano Science Center
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Copenhagen
- 2100 Copenhagen
- Denmark
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Björneholm O, Hansen MH, Hodgson A, Liu LM, Limmer DT, Michaelides A, Pedevilla P, Rossmeisl J, Shen H, Tocci G, Tyrode E, Walz MM, Werner J, Bluhm H. Water at Interfaces. Chem Rev 2016; 116:7698-726. [PMID: 27232062 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 358] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The interfaces of neat water and aqueous solutions play a prominent role in many technological processes and in the environment. Examples of aqueous interfaces are ultrathin water films that cover most hydrophilic surfaces under ambient relative humidities, the liquid/solid interface which drives many electrochemical reactions, and the liquid/vapor interface, which governs the uptake and release of trace gases by the oceans and cloud droplets. In this article we review some of the recent experimental and theoretical advances in our knowledge of the properties of aqueous interfaces and discuss open questions and gaps in our understanding.
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- Olle Björneholm
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University , Box 516, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Technical University of Denmark , 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.,Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool , Liverpool L69 7ZD, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Department of Chemistry, University College London , London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.,Beijing Computational Science Research Center , Beijing, 100193, China
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- Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Department of Chemistry, University College London , London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Department of Chemistry, University College London , London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- International Center for Quantum Materials and School of Physics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Department of Chemistry, University College London , London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.,Laboratory for fundamental BioPhotonics, Laboratory of Computational Science and Modeling, Institutes of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , 10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University , Box 516, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University , Box 516, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden.,Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences , Box 7015, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Revisiting the Challenges in Fabricating Uniform Coatings with Polyfunctional Molecules on High Surface Energy Materials. COATINGS 2015. [DOI: 10.3390/coatings5041002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sellberg JA, Kaya S, Segtnan VH, Chen C, Tyliszczak T, Ogasawara H, Nordlund D, Pettersson LGM, Nilsson A. Comparison of x-ray absorption spectra between water and ice: new ice data with low pre-edge absorption cross-section. J Chem Phys 2015; 141:034507. [PMID: 25053326 DOI: 10.1063/1.4890035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The effect of crystal growth conditions on the O K-edge x-ray absorption spectra of ice is investigated through detailed analysis of the spectral features. The amount of ice defects is found to be minimized on hydrophobic surfaces, such as BaF2(111), with low concentration of nucleation centers. This is manifested through a reduction of the absorption cross-section at 535 eV, which is associated with distorted hydrogen bonds. Furthermore, a connection is made between the observed increase in spectral intensity between 544 and 548 eV and high-symmetry points in the electronic band structure, suggesting a more extended hydrogen-bond network as compared to ices prepared differently. The spectral differences for various ice preparations are compared to the temperature dependence of spectra of liquid water upon supercooling. A double-peak feature in the absorption cross-section between 540 and 543 eV is identified as a characteristic of the crystalline phase. The connection to the interpretation of the liquid phase O K-edge x-ray absorption spectrum is extensively discussed.
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- Jonas A Sellberg
- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 20450, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, P.O. Box 20450, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Chang JH, Huzayyin A, Lian K, Dawson F. Interaction of H2O and H2S with Cu(111) and the impact of the electric field: the rotating & translating adsorbate, and the rippled surface. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:588-98. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03117b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The interactions of H2O and H2S monomers with Cu(111) in the absence and presence of an external electric field are studied using density functional theory.
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- Jin Hyun Chang
- The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- University of Toronto
- Toronto
- Canada
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- The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- University of Toronto
- Toronto
- Canada
- Electrical Power & Machines Department
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering
- University of Toronto
- Toronto
- Canada
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- The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- University of Toronto
- Toronto
- Canada
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Stenlid JH, Johansson AJ, Brinck T. Searching for the thermodynamic limit – a DFT study of the step-wise water oxidation of the bipyramidal Cu7cluster. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:2452-64. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp53865f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Casalongue HS, Kaya S, Viswanathan V, Miller DJ, Friebel D, Hansen HA, Nørskov JK, Nilsson A, Ogasawara H. Direct observation of the oxygenated species during oxygen reduction on a platinum fuel cell cathode. Nat Commun 2013. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Pettersson LGM, Nilsson A. A Molecular Perspective on the d-Band Model: Synergy Between Experiment and Theory. Top Catal 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-013-0157-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Schiros T, Andersson KJ, MacNaughton J, Gladh J, Matsuda A, Öström H, Takahashi O, Pettersson LGM, Nilsson A, Ogasawara H. Unique water-water coordination tailored by a metal surface. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:234708. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4809680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Limmer DT, Willard AP, Madden P, Chandler D. Hydration of metal surfaces can be dynamically heterogeneous and hydrophobic. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:4200-4205. [PMCID: PMC3600474 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301596110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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We have applied molecular dynamics and methods of importance sampling to study structure and dynamics of liquid water in contact with metal surfaces. The specific surfaces considered resemble the 100 and 111 faces of platinum. Several results emerge that should apply generally, not just to platinum. These results are generic consequences of water molecules binding strongly to surfaces that are incommensurate with favorable hydrogen-bonding patterns. We show that adlayers of water under these conditions have frustrated structures that interact unfavorably with adjacent liquid water. We elucidate dynamical processes of water in these cases that extend over a broad range of timescales, from less than picoseconds to more than nanoseconds. Associated spatial correlations extend over nanometers. We show that adlayer reorganization occurs intermittently, and each reorganization event correlates motions of several molecules. We show that soft liquid interfaces form adjacent to the adlayer, as is generally characteristic of liquid water adjacent to a hydrophobic surface. The infrequent adlayer reorganization produces a hydrophobic heterogeneity that we characterize by studying the degrees by which different regions of the adlayers attract small hydrophobic particles. Consequences for electrochemistry are discussed in the context of hydronium ions being attracted from the liquid to the metal–adlayer surface.
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- David T. Limmer
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94609; and
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94609; and
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- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94609; and
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Carrasco J, Hodgson A, Michaelides A. A molecular perspective of water at metal interfaces. NATURE MATERIALS 2012; 11:667-74. [PMID: 22825022 DOI: 10.1038/nmat3354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 366] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Water/solid interfaces are relevant to a broad range of physicochemical phenomena and technological processes such as corrosion, lubrication, heterogeneous catalysis and electrochemistry. Although many fields have contributed to rapid progress in the fundamental knowledge of water at interfaces, detailed molecular-level understanding of water/solid interfaces comes mainly from studies on flat metal substrates. These studies have recently shown that a remarkably rich variety of structures form at the interface between water and even seemingly simple flat surfaces. In this Review we discuss the most exciting work in this area, in particular the emerging physical insight and general concepts about how water binds to metal surfaces. We also provide a perspective on outstanding problems, challenges and open questions.
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- Javier Carrasco
- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, Marie Curie 2, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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McBride F, Omer A, Clay CM, Cummings L, Darling GR, Hodgson A. Strain relief and disorder in commensurate water layers formed on Pd(111). JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2012; 24:124102. [PMID: 22394691 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/12/124102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Water adsorbs and desorbs intact on Pd(111), forming a hydrogen-bonded wetting layer whose structure we examine by low energy electron diffraction (LEED) and He atom scattering (HAS). LEED shows that water forms commensurate (√3 × √3)R30° clusters that aggregate into a partially ordered, approximately (7 × 7) superstructure as the layer completes. HAS indicates that the water layer remains disordered on a local (approximately 10 Å) scale. Based on workfunction measurements and density functional theory simulations we propose that water forms small, flat domains of a commensurate (√3 × √3)R30° water network, separated by disordered domain boundaries containing largely H-down water. This arrangement allows the water layer to adapt its density and relieve the lateral strain associated with adsorbing water in the optimum flat atop adsorption site. We discuss different possibilities for the structure of these domain walls and compare this strain relief mechanism to the highly ordered, large unit cell structures formed on surfaces such as Pt(111).
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- F McBride
- Surface Science Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
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Gladh J, Öberg H, Li J, Ljungberg MP, Matsuda A, Ogasawara H, Nilsson A, Pettersson LGM, Öström H. X-ray emission spectroscopy and density functional study of CO/Fe(100). J Chem Phys 2012; 136:034702. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3675834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Surblys D, Yamaguchi Y, Kuroda K, Nakajima T, Fujimura H. Analysis on wetting and local dynamic properties of single water droplet on a polarized solid surface: A molecular dynamics study. J Chem Phys 2011; 135:014703. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3601055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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McBride F, Darling GR, Pussi K, Hodgson A. Tailoring the structure of water at a metal surface: a structural analysis of the water bilayer formed on an alloy template. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 106:226101. [PMID: 21702617 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.226101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Recent studies show that structures based on the traditional "icelike" water bilayer are not stable on flat transition metal surfaces and, instead, more complex wetting layers are formed. Here we show that an ordered bilayer can be formed on a SnPt(111) alloy template and determine the structure of the water layer by low energy electron diffraction. Close agreement is found between experiment and the structure calculated by density functional theory. Corrugation of the alloy surface allows only alternate water molecules to chemisorb, stabilizing the H-down water bilayer by reducing the metal-hydrogen repulsion compared to a flat surface.
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- Fiona McBride
- Surface Science Research Centre, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Hamada I, Morikawa Y. A density-functional theory study of water on clean and hydrogen preadsorbed Rh(111) surfaces. J Chem Phys 2011; 134:154701. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3577996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Forster M, Raval R, Hodgson A, Carrasco J, Michaelides A. c(2×2) water-hydroxyl layer on Cu(110): a wetting layer stabilized by Bjerrum defects. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 106:046103. [PMID: 21405340 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.046103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the composition and stability of mixed water-hydroxyl layers is a key step in describing wetting and how surfaces respond to redox processes. Here we show that, instead of forming a complete hydrogen bonding network, structures containing an excess of water over hydroxyl are stabilized on Cu(110) by forming a distorted hexagonal network of water-hydroxyl trimers containing Bjerrum defects. This arrangement maximizes the number of strong bonds formed by water donation to OH and provides uncoordinated OH groups able to hydrogen bond multilayer water and nucleate growth.
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- Matthew Forster
- Surface Science Research Centre, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Hrvoje Petek
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15260, United States, and Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15260, United States, and Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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