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Miyazaki M, Ogasawara K, Takekoshi Y, Miyashita K, Abe H, Niwa Y, Hosono H, Kitano M. Ammonia decomposition mediated at nitrogen vacancies on NaCl-type binary metal nitrides supporting transition metal nanoparticles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024. [PMID: 38832782 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc02250e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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The ability of NaCl-type binary transition metal nitrides (incorporating La, Ce, Y, Zr or Hf) to act as catalytic supports facilitating ammonia decomposition was examined. The effect of nitrogen vacancies formed on nitrides can be understood in terms of the ionic radii of the metal cations. A clear correlation between the N2 desorption temperature and catalytic activity was found.
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- Masayoshi Miyazaki
- MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
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- MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
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- MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
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- MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1, Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
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- MDX Research Center for Element Strategy, International Research Frontiers Initiative, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan.
- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Jin D, Chen A, Lin BL. What Metals Should Be Used to Mediate Electrosynthesis of Ammonia from Nitrogen and Hydrogen from a Thermodynamic Standpoint? J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:12320-12323. [PMID: 38597430 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Recently, metal-mediated electrochemical conversion of nitrogen and hydrogen to ammonia (M-eNRRs) has been attracting intense research attention as a potential route for ammonia synthesis under ambient conditions. However, which metals should be used to mediate M-eNRRs remains unanswered. This work provides an extensive comparison of the energy consumption in the classical Haber Bosch (H-B) process and the M-eNRRs. The results indicate that when employing lithium and calcium, metals popularly used to mediate the M-eNRRs, the energy consumption is more than 10 times greater than that of the H-B process even assuming a 100% Faradaic efficiency and zero overpotentials. Only electrosynthesis with a cell voltage not exceeding 0.38 V might have the potential to rival the H-B process from an energetic perspective. A further analysis of other metals in the periodic table reveals that only some heavy metals, including In, Tl, Co, Ni, Ga, Mo, Sn, Pb, Fe, W, Ge, Re, Bi, Cu, Po, Tc, Ru, Rh, Ag, Hg, Pd, Ir, Pt, and Au, can potentially consume less energy than that of the H-B process purely from a thermodynamic standpoint, but whether they can activate N2 under ambient conditions is yet to be explored. This work shows the importance of performing thermodynamic analysis for the development of an innovative strategy to synthesize ammonia with the ultimate goal of replacing the H-B process on a large scale.
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- Dongling Jin
- School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST), ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
- School of Information Science and Technology (SIST), ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- CarbonXtech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, 200041, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST), ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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Liu H, Zhang D, Wang Y, Li H. Reversible Hydrogen Electrode (RHE) Scale Dependent Surface Pourbaix Diagram at Different pH. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:7632-7638. [PMID: 38552647 PMCID: PMC11008240 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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In the analysis of electrocatalysis mechanisms and the design of catalysts, the effect of electrochemistry-induced surface coverage is a critical consideration that should not be overlooked. The surface Pourbaix diagram emerges as a fundamental tool in this context, providing essential insights into the surface coverage of adsorbates generated via electrochemical potential-driven water activation. A classic surface Pourbaix diagram considers the pH effects by correcting the free energy of H+ ions by the concentration-dependent term: -kBT ln(10) × pH, which is independent of the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) scale. However, this is sometimes inconsistent with the experimentally observed potential-dependent surface coverage at an RHE scale, especially under high-pH conditions. Here, we derived the pH-dependent surface Pourbaix diagram at an RHE scale by considering the energetics computed by density functional theory with the Bayesian Error Estimation Functional with van der Waals corrections (BEEF-vdW), the electric field effects, the derived adsorption-induced dipole moment and polarizability, and the potential of zero-charge. Using Pt(111) as the typical example, we found that the surface coverage predicted by the proposed RHE-dependent surface Pourbaix diagram can significantly minimize the discrepancy between theory and experimental observations, especially under neutral-alkaline, moderate-potential conditions. This work provides a new methodology and establishes guidelines for the precise analysis of the surface coverage prior to the evaluation of the activity of an electrocatalyst.
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- Heng Liu
- Advanced Institute for Materials
Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials
Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials
Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Advanced Institute for Materials
Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Yonge A, Gusmão GS, Fushimi R, Medford AJ. Model-Based Design of Experiments for Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP): A Simulated Case Study in Oxidative Propane Dehydrogenation. Ind Eng Chem Res 2024; 63:4756-4770. [PMID: 38525291 PMCID: PMC10958505 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.3c03418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Temporal analysis of products (TAP) reactors enable experiments that probe numerous kinetic processes within a single set of experimental data through variations in pulse intensity, delay, or temperature. Selecting additional TAP experiments often involves an arbitrary selection of reaction conditions or the use of chemical intuition. To make experiment selection in TAP more robust, we explore the efficacy of model-based design of experiments (MBDoE) for precision in TAP reactor kinetic modeling. We successfully applied this approach to a case study of synthetic oxidative propane dehydrogenation (OPDH) that involves pulses of propane and oxygen. We found that experiments identified as optimal through the MBDoE for precision generally reduce parameter uncertainties to a higher degree than alternative experiments. The performance of MBDoE for model divergence was also explored for OPDH, with the relevant active sites (catalyst structure) being unknown. An experiment that maximized the divergence between the three proposed mechanisms was identified and provided evidence that improved the mechanism discrimination. However, reoptimization of kinetic parameters eliminated the ability to discriminate between models. The findings yield insight into the prospects and limitations of MBDoE for TAP and transient kinetic experiments.
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- Adam Yonge
- School
of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School
of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Catalysis
and Transient Kinetics Group, Idaho National
Laboratory, Idaho
Falls, Idaho 83415, United States
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- School
of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Mortensen JJ, Larsen AH, Kuisma M, Ivanov AV, Taghizadeh A, Peterson A, Haldar A, Dohn AO, Schäfer C, Jónsson EÖ, Hermes ED, Nilsson FA, Kastlunger G, Levi G, Jónsson H, Häkkinen H, Fojt J, Kangsabanik J, Sødequist J, Lehtomäki J, Heske J, Enkovaara J, Winther KT, Dulak M, Melander MM, Ovesen M, Louhivuori M, Walter M, Gjerding M, Lopez-Acevedo O, Erhart P, Warmbier R, Würdemann R, Kaappa S, Latini S, Boland TM, Bligaard T, Skovhus T, Susi T, Maxson T, Rossi T, Chen X, Schmerwitz YLA, Schiøtz J, Olsen T, Jacobsen KW, Thygesen KS. GPAW: An open Python package for electronic structure calculations. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:092503. [PMID: 38450733 DOI: 10.1063/5.0182685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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We review the GPAW open-source Python package for electronic structure calculations. GPAW is based on the projector-augmented wave method and can solve the self-consistent density functional theory (DFT) equations using three different wave-function representations, namely real-space grids, plane waves, and numerical atomic orbitals. The three representations are complementary and mutually independent and can be connected by transformations via the real-space grid. This multi-basis feature renders GPAW highly versatile and unique among similar codes. By virtue of its modular structure, the GPAW code constitutes an ideal platform for the implementation of new features and methodologies. Moreover, it is well integrated with the Atomic Simulation Environment (ASE), providing a flexible and dynamic user interface. In addition to ground-state DFT calculations, GPAW supports many-body GW band structures, optical excitations from the Bethe-Salpeter Equation, variational calculations of excited states in molecules and solids via direct optimization, and real-time propagation of the Kohn-Sham equations within time-dependent DFT. A range of more advanced methods to describe magnetic excitations and non-collinear magnetism in solids are also now available. In addition, GPAW can calculate non-linear optical tensors of solids, charged crystal point defects, and much more. Recently, support for graphics processing unit (GPU) acceleration has been achieved with minor modifications to the GPAW code thanks to the CuPy library. We end the review with an outlook, describing some future plans for GPAW.
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- Jens Jørgen Mortensen
- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Riverlane Ltd., St Andrews House, 59 St Andrews Street, Cambridge CB2 3BZ, United Kingdom
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark and Science Institute and Faculty of Physical Sciences, VR-III, University of Iceland, Reykjavík 107, Iceland
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Science Institute and Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland, VR-III, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Quantum-Si, 29 Business Park Drive, Branford, Connecticut 06405, USA
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- CatTheory, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Science Institute and Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland, VR-III, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Science Institute and Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Iceland, VR-III, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, P.O. Box 11100, 00076 Aalto, Finland
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- CSC-IT Center for Science Ltd., P.O. Box 405, FI-02101 Espoo, Finland
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- CSC-IT Center for Science Ltd., P.O. Box 405, FI-02101 Espoo, Finland
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- FIT Freiburg Centre for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Biophysics of Tropical Diseases, Max Planck Tandem Group, University of Antioquia UdeA, 050010 Medellin, Colombia
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Physics and Mandelstam Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, 2001 Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Freiburger Materialforschungszentrum, Universität Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 21, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Computational Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, P.O. Box 692, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland
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- Nanomade, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- CSC-IT Center for Science Ltd., P.O. Box 405, FI-02101 Espoo, Finland
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Chen S, Jelic J, Rein D, Najafishirtari S, Schmidt FP, Girgsdies F, Kang L, Wandzilak A, Rabe A, Doronkin DE, Wang J, Friedel Ortega K, DeBeer S, Grunwaldt JD, Schlögl R, Lunkenbein T, Studt F, Behrens M. Highly loaded bimetallic iron-cobalt catalysts for hydrogen release from ammonia. Nat Commun 2024; 15:871. [PMID: 38286982 PMCID: PMC10824716 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44661-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2024] Open
Abstract
Ammonia is a storage molecule for hydrogen, which can be released by catalytic decomposition. Inexpensive iron catalysts suffer from a low activity due to a too strong iron-nitrogen binding energy compared to more active metals such as ruthenium. Here, we show that this limitation can be overcome by combining iron with cobalt resulting in a Fe-Co bimetallic catalyst. Theoretical calculations confirm a lower metal-nitrogen binding energy for the bimetallic catalyst resulting in higher activity. Operando spectroscopy reveals that the role of cobalt in the bimetallic catalyst is to suppress the bulk-nitridation of iron and to stabilize this active state. Such catalysts are obtained from Mg(Fe,Co)2O4 spinel pre-catalysts with variable Fe:Co ratios by facile co-precipitation, calcination and reduction. The resulting Fe-Co/MgO catalysts, characterized by an extraordinary high metal loading reaching 74 wt.%, combine the advantages of a ruthenium-like electronic structure with a bulk catalyst-like microstructure typical for base metal catalysts.
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- Shilong Chen
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universtätsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universtätsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 20, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 20, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Engesserstr. 20, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Kiel University, Max-Eyth-Str. 2, 24118, Kiel, Germany.
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universtätsstr. 7, 45141, Essen, Germany.
- Kiel Nano, Surface and Interface Science KiNSIS, Kiel University, Christian-Albrechts-Platz 4, 24118, Kiel, Germany.
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Chowdhury J, Fricke C, Bamidele O, Bello M, Yang W, Heyden A, Terejanu G. Invariant Molecular Representations for Heterogeneous Catalysis. J Chem Inf Model 2024; 64:327-339. [PMID: 38197612 PMCID: PMC10806804 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Catalyst screening is a critical step in the discovery and development of heterogeneous catalysts, which are vital for a wide range of chemical processes. In recent years, computational catalyst screening, primarily through density functional theory (DFT), has gained significant attention as a method for identifying promising catalysts. However, the computation of adsorption energies for all likely chemical intermediates present in complex surface chemistries is computationally intensive and costly due to the expensive nature of these calculations and the intrinsic idiosyncrasies of the methods or data sets used. This study introduces a novel machine learning (ML) method to learn adsorption energies from multiple DFT functionals by using invariant molecular representations (IMRs). To do this, we first extract molecular fingerprints for the reaction intermediates and later use a Siamese-neural-network-based training strategy to learn invariant molecular representations or the IMR across all available functionals. Our Siamese network-based representations demonstrate superior performance in predicting adsorption energies compared with other molecular representations. Notably, when considering mean absolute values of adsorption energies as 0.43 eV (PBE-D3), 0.46 eV (BEEF-vdW), 0.81 eV (RPBE), and 0.37 eV (scan+rVV10), our IMR method has achieved the lowest mean absolute errors (MAEs) of 0.18 0.10, 0.16, and 0.18 eV, respectively. These results emphasize the superior predictive capacity of our Siamese network-based representations. The empirical findings in this study illuminate the efficacy, robustness, and dependability of our proposed ML paradigm in predicting adsorption energies, specifically for propane dehydrogenation on a platinum catalyst surface.
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- Jawad Chowdhury
- Department
of Computer Science, University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department
of Computer Science, University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, United States
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Goodwin CM, Lömker P, Degerman D, Davies B, Shipilin M, Garcia-Martinez F, Koroidov S, Katja Mathiesen J, Rameshan R, Rodrigues GLS, Schlueter C, Amann P, Nilsson A. Operando probing of the surface chemistry during the Haber-Bosch process. Nature 2024; 625:282-286. [PMID: 38200297 PMCID: PMC10781625 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06844-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
Abstract
The large-scale conversion of N2 and H2 into NH3 (refs. 1,2) over Fe and Ru catalysts3 for fertilizer production occurs through the Haber-Bosch process, which has been considered the most important scientific invention of the twentieth century4. The active component of the catalyst enabling the conversion was variously considered to be the oxide5, nitride2, metallic phase or surface nitride6, and the rate-limiting step has been associated with N2 dissociation7-9, reaction of the adsorbed nitrogen10 and also NH3 desorption11. This range of views reflects that the Haber-Bosch process operates at high temperatures and pressures, whereas surface-sensitive techniques that might differentiate between different mechanistic proposals require vacuum conditions. Mechanistic studies have accordingly long been limited to theoretical calculations12. Here we use X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy-capable of revealing the chemical state of catalytic surfaces and recently adapted to operando investigations13 of methanol14 and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis15-to determine the surface composition of Fe and Ru catalysts during NH3 production at pressures up to 1 bar and temperatures as high as 723 K. We find that, although flat and stepped Fe surfaces and Ru single-crystal surfaces all remain metallic, the latter are almost adsorbate free, whereas Fe catalysts retain a small amount of adsorbed N and develop at lower temperatures high amine (NHx) coverages on the stepped surfaces. These observations indicate that the rate-limiting step on Ru is always N2 dissociation. On Fe catalysts, by contrast and as predicted by theory16, hydrogenation of adsorbed N atoms is less efficient to the extent that the rate-limiting step switches following temperature lowering from N2 dissociation to the hydrogenation of surface species.
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- Christopher M Goodwin
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Materials Science, ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain.
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Montan University Leoben, Leoben, Austria
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
- Scienta Omicron AB, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Nandi S, Vegge T, Bhowmik A. MultiXC-QM9: Large dataset of molecular and reaction energies from multi-level quantum chemical methods. Sci Data 2023; 10:783. [PMID: 37938558 PMCID: PMC10632468 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02690-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023] Open
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Well curated extensive datasets have helped spur intense molecular machine learning (ML) method development activities over the last few years, encouraging nonchemists to be part of the effort as well. QM9 dataset is one of the benchmark databases for small molecules with molecular energies based on B3LYP functional. G4MP2 based energies of these molecules were published later. To enable a wide variety of ML tasks like transfer learning, delta learning, multitask learning, etc. with QM9 molecules, in this article, we introduce a new dataset with QM9 molecule energies estimated with 76 different DFT functionals and three different basis sets (228 energy numbers for each molecule). We additionally enumerated all possible A ↔ B monomolecular interconversions within the QM9 dataset and provided the reaction energies based on these 76 functionals, and basis sets. Lastly, we also provide the bond changes for all the 162 million reactions with the dataset to enable structure- and bond-based reaction energy prediction tools based on ML.
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- Surajit Nandi
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej 301, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej 301, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej 301, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Kreitz B, Lott P, Studt F, Medford AJ, Deutschmann O, Goldsmith CF. Automated Generation of Microkinetics for Heterogeneously Catalyzed Reactions Considering Correlated Uncertainties. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306514. [PMID: 37505449 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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The study presents an ab-initio based framework for the automated construction of microkinetic mechanisms considering correlated uncertainties in all energetic parameters and estimation routines. 2000 unique microkinetic models were generated within the uncertainty space of the BEEF-vdW functional for the oxidation reactions of representative exhaust gas emissions from stoichiometric combustion engines over Pt(111) and compared to experiments through multiscale modeling. The ensemble of simulations stresses the importance of considering uncertainties. Within this set of first-principles-based models, it is possible to identify a microkinetic mechanism that agrees with experimental data. This mechanism can be traced back to a single exchange-correlation functional, and it suggests that Pt(111) could be the active site for the oxidation of light hydrocarbons. The study provides a universal framework for the automated construction of reaction mechanisms with correlated uncertainty quantification, enabling a DFT-constrained microkinetic model optimization for other heterogeneously catalyzed systems.
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- Bjarne Kreitz
- School of Engineering, Brown University, 184 Hope Street, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstr. 20, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstr. 20, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstr. 20, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Atlanta, GA, 30318, USA
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- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstr. 20, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, 184 Hope Street, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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Rajan A, Pushkar AP, Dharmalingam BC, Varghese JJ. Iterative multiscale and multi-physics computations for operando catalyst nanostructure elucidation and kinetic modeling. iScience 2023; 26:107029. [PMID: 37360694 PMCID: PMC10285649 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Modern heterogeneous catalysis has benefitted immensely from computational predictions of catalyst structure and its evolution under reaction conditions, first-principles mechanistic investigations, and detailed kinetic modeling, which are rungs on a multiscale workflow. Establishing connections across these rungs and integration with experiments have been challenging. Here, operando catalyst structure prediction techniques using density functional theory simulations and ab initio thermodynamics calculations, molecular dynamics, and machine learning techniques are presented. Surface structure characterization by computational spectroscopic and machine learning techniques is then discussed. Hierarchical approaches in kinetic parameter estimation involving semi-empirical, data-driven, and first-principles calculations and detailed kinetic modeling via mean-field microkinetic modeling and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations are discussed along with methods and the need for uncertainty quantification. With these as the background, this article proposes a bottom-up hierarchical and closed loop modeling framework incorporating consistency checks and iterative refinements at each level and across levels.
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- Ajin Rajan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600036, India
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Liu S, Mukadam Z, Scott SB, Sarma SC, Titirici MM, Chan K, Govindarajan N, Stephens IEL, Kastlunger G. Unraveling the reaction mechanisms for furfural electroreduction on copper. EES CATALYSIS 2023; 1:539-551. [PMID: 37426696 PMCID: PMC10323714 DOI: 10.1039/d3ey00040k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Electrochemical routes for the valorization of biomass-derived feedstock molecules offer sustainable pathways to produce chemicals and fuels. However, the underlying reaction mechanisms for their electrochemical conversion remain elusive. In particular, the exact role of proton-electron coupled transfer and electrocatalytic hydrogenation in the reaction mechanisms for biomass electroreduction are disputed. In this work, we study the reaction mechanism underlying the electroreduction of furfural, an important biomass-derived platform chemical, combining grand-canonical (constant-potential) density functional theory-based microkinetic simulations and pH dependent experiments on Cu under acidic conditions. Our simulations indicate the second PCET step in the reaction pathway to be the rate- and selectivity-determining step for the production of the two main products of furfural electroreduction on Cu, i.e., furfuryl alcohol and 2-methyl furan, at moderate overpotentials. We further identify the source of Cu's ability to produce both products with comparable activity in their nearly equal activation energies. Furthermore, our microkinetic simulations suggest that surface hydrogenation steps play a minor role in determining the overall activity of furfural electroreduction compared to PCET steps due to the low steady-state hydrogen coverage predicted under reaction conditions, the high activation barriers for surface hydrogenation and the observed pH dependence of the reaction. As a theoretical guideline, low pH (<1.5) and moderate potential (ca. -0.5 V vs. SHE) conditions are suggested for selective 2-MF production.
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- Sihang Liu
- Department of Physics, Catalysis Theory Center, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
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- Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London London SW27 AZ England UK
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- Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London London SW27 AZ England UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ England UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London London SW7 2AZ England UK
- Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University Sendai Miyagi 980-8577 Japan
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- Department of Physics, Catalysis Theory Center, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Catalysis Theory Center, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore California 94550 USA
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- Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London London SW27 AZ England UK
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- Department of Physics, Catalysis Theory Center, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
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Chang X, Lu Z, Wang X, Zhao ZJ, Gong J. Tracking C-H bond activation for propane dehydrogenation over transition metal catalysts: work function shines. Chem Sci 2023; 14:6414-6419. [PMID: 37325145 PMCID: PMC10266452 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01057k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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The activation of the C-H bond in heterogeneous catalysis plays a privileged role in converting light alkanes into commodity chemicals with a higher value. In contrast to traditional trial-and-error approaches, developing predictive descriptors via theoretical calculations can accelerate the process of catalyst design. Using density functional theory (DFT) calculations, this work describes tracking C-H bond activation of propane over transition metal catalysts, which is highly dependent on the electronic environment of catalytic sites. Furthermore, we reveal that the occupancy of the antibonding state for metal-adsorbate interaction is the key factor in determining the ability to activate the C-H bond. Among 10 frequently used electronic features, the work function (W) exhibits a strong negative correlation with C-H activation energies. We demonstrate that e-W can effectively quantify the ability of C-H bond activation, surpassing the predictive capacity of the d-band center. The C-H activation temperatures of the synthesized catalysts also confirm the effectiveness of this descriptor. Apart from propane, e-W applies to other reactants like methane.
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- Xin Chang
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 China
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City Fuzhou 350207 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering Tianjin 300072 China
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City Fuzhou 350207 China
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Min X, Liu B. Microenvironment Engineering to Promote Selective Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Nitrate over a PdCu Hollow Catalyst. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2300794. [PMID: 37010036 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The electrosynthesis of recyclable ammonia (NH3 ) from nitrate under ambient conditions is of great importance but still full of challenges for practical application. Herein, an efficient catalyst design strategy is developed that can engineer the surface microenvironment of a PdCu hollow (PdCu-H) catalyst to confine the intermediates and thus promote selective NH3 electrosynthesis from nitrate. The hollow nanoparticles are synthesized by in situ reduction and nucleation of PdCu nanocrystals along a self-assembled micelle of a well-designed surfactant. The PdCu-H catalyst shows a structure-dependent selectivity toward the NH3 product during the nitrate reduction reaction (NO3 - RR) electrocatalysis, enabling a high NH3 Faradaic efficiency of 87.3% and a remarkable NH3 yield rate of 0.551 mmol h-1 mg-1 at -0.30 V (vs reversible hydrogen electrode). Moreover, this PdCu-H catalyst delivers high electrochemical performance in the rechargeable zinc-NO3 - battery. These results provide a promising design strategy to tune catalytic selectivity for efficient electrosynthesis of renewable NH3 and feedstocks.
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- Xiaowen Min
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China
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Sun L, Liu B. Mesoporous PdN Alloy Nanocubes for Efficient Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2207305. [PMID: 36281796 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202207305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Developing highly active and selective electrocatalysts for electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NITRR) is very important for synthesizing recyclable ammonia (NH3 ) in an economic and environmentally friendly manner. Despite some encouraging progress, their activity and selectivity have been remarkably slower than expected. In this manuscript, mesoporous palladium-nonmetal (meso-PdX) nanocubes (NCs) are reported as a new series of highly efficient electrocatalysts for selective nitrate reduction reaction (NITRR) electrocatalysis to NH3 . The samples feature uniformly alloyed compositions and highly penetrated mesopores with abundant highly active sites and optimized electronic structures. The best meso-PdN NCs hold an outstanding NITRR activity and selectivity with a remarkable NH3 Faradaic efficiency of 96.1% and a yield rate of 3760 µg h-1 mg-1 , suppressing the state-of-the-art electrocatalysts. Meanwhile, meso-PdN NCs are electrocatalytically stable, retaining well the activity and selectivity of NO3 - -to-NH3 electrocatalysis for more than 20 cycles. Detailed mechanism studies ascribe the superior performance to combined compositional and structural synergies of meso-PdN NCs that not only promote the adsorption (reactivity) of NO3 - and the desorption of NH3 but also increase the retention time of key intermediates for the deeper NITRR electrocatalysis to NH3 through an eight-electron pathway.
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- Lizhi Sun
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, China
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Tchakoua T, Gerrits N, Smeets EWF, Kroes GJ. SBH17: Benchmark Database of Barrier Heights for Dissociative Chemisorption on Transition Metal Surfaces. J Chem Theory Comput 2022; 19:245-270. [PMID: 36529979 PMCID: PMC9835835 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Accurate barriers for rate controlling elementary reactions on metal surfaces are key to understanding, controlling, and predicting the rate of heterogeneously catalyzed processes. While barrier heights for gas phase reactions have been extensively benchmarked, dissociative chemisorption barriers for the reactions of molecules on metal surfaces have received much less attention. The first database called SBH10 and containing 10 entries was recently constructed based on the specific reaction parameter approach to density functional theory (SRP-DFT) and experimental results. We have now constructed a new and improved database (SBH17) containing 17 entries based on SRP-DFT and experiments. For this new SBH17 benchmark study, we have tested three algorithms (high, medium, and light) for calculating barrier heights for dissociative chemisorption on metals, which we have named for the amount of computational effort involved in their use. We test the performance of 14 density functionals at the GGA, GGA+vdW-DF, and meta-GGA rungs. Our results show that, in contrast with the previous SBH10 study where the BEEF-vdW-DF2 functional seemed to be most accurate, the workhorse functional PBE and the MS2 density functional are the most accurate of the GGA and meta-GGA functionals tested. Of the GGA+vdW functionals tested, the SRP32-vdW-DF1 functional is the most accurate. Additionally, we found that the medium algorithm is accurate enough for assessing the performance of the density functionals tested, while it avoids geometry optimizations of minimum barrier geometries for each density functional tested. The medium algorithm does require metal lattice constants and interlayer distances that are optimized separately for each functional. While these are avoided in the light algorithm, this algorithm is found not to give a reliable description of functional performance. The combination of relative ease of use and demonstrated reliability of the medium algorithm will likely pave the way for incorporation of the SBH17 database in larger databases used for testing new density functionals and electronic structure methods.
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- T. Tchakoua
- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RALeiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RALeiden, The Netherlands,PLASMANT,
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, BE-2610Antwerp, Belgium
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RALeiden, The Netherlands,ALTEN
Nederland, Technology, Fascinatio Boulevard 582, 2909 VACapelle a/d IJssel, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RALeiden, The Netherlands,E-mail: . Phone: +31 71 527 4396
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Adsorption energy (AE) of reactive intermediate is currently the most important descriptor for electrochemical reactions (e.g., water electrolysis, hydrogen fuel cell, electrochemical nitrogen fixation, electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction, etc.), which can bridge the gap between catalyst's structure and activity. Tracing the history and evolution of AE can help to understand electrocatalysis and design optimal electrocatalysts. Focusing on oxygen electrocatalysis, this review aims to provide a comprehensive introduction on how AE is selected as the activity descriptor, the intrinsic and empirical relationships related to AE, how AE links the structure and electrocatalytic performance, the approaches to obtain AE, the strategies to improve catalytic activity by modulating AE, the extrinsic influences on AE from the environment, and the methods in circumventing linear scaling relations of AE. An outlook is provided at the end with emphasis on possible future investigation related to the obstacles existing between adsorption energy and electrocatalytic performance.
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- Junming Zhang
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China.,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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Xu G, Cai C, Wang T. Toward Sabatier Optimal for Ammonia Synthesis with Paramagnetic Phase of Ferromagnetic Transition Metal Catalysts. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:23089-23095. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Gaomou Xu
- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Westlake University, 600 Dunyu Road, Hangzhou 310030, Zhejiang Province, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou 310024, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Westlake University, 600 Dunyu Road, Hangzhou 310030, Zhejiang Province, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou 310024, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Westlake University, 600 Dunyu Road, Hangzhou 310030, Zhejiang Province, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou 310024, Zhejiang Province, China
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Rangarajan S, Tian H. Improving the predictive power of microkinetic models via machine learning. Curr Opin Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2022.100858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wu P, Gu Y, Liao L, Wu Y, Jin J, Wang Z, Zhou J, Shaik S, Wang B. Coordination Switch Drives Selective C−S Bond Formation by the Non‐Heme Sulfoxide Synthases**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202214235. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Peng Wu
- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Ningxia University Yinchuan 750021 China
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Intelligent Microbial Manufacturing of Medicine Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen 518055 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Intelligent Microbial Manufacturing of Medicine Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Intelligent Microbial Manufacturing of Medicine Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Center for Advanced Materials Research Beijing Normal University Zhuhai 519087 China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Intelligent Microbial Manufacturing of Medicine Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Institute of Chemistry The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem 9190401 Israel
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM) Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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Jiao L, Guo L. Embedding Double Transition Metal Atoms in B-Modified Two-Dimensional Carbon-Rich Conjugated Frameworks for Efficient Ammonia Synthesis. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:18574-18589. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Lingxiao Jiao
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, Ministry of Education, The School of Chemistry and Material Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan030000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Molecules & Magnetic Information Materials, Ministry of Education, The School of Chemistry and Material Science, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan030000, China
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Li S, Zhou Y, Li K, Saccoccio M, Sažinas R, Andersen SZ, Pedersen JB, Fu X, Shadravan V, Chakraborty D, Kibsgaard J, Vesborg PC, Nørskov JK, Chorkendorff I. Electrosynthesis of ammonia with high selectivity and high rates via engineering of the solid-electrolyte interphase. JOULE 2022; 6:2083-2101. [PMID: 36188748 PMCID: PMC9511958 DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2022.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Ammonia is a large-scale commodity essential to fertilizer production, but the Haber-Bosch process leads to massive emissions of carbon dioxide. Electrochemical ammonia synthesis is an attractive alternative pathway, but the process is still limited by low ammonia production rate and faradaic efficiency. Herein, guided by our theoretical model, we present a highly efficient lithium-mediated process enabled by using different lithium salts, leading to the formation of a uniform solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer on a porous copper electrode. The uniform lithium-fluoride-enriched SEI layer provides an ammonia production rate of 2.5 ± 0.1 μmol s-1 cmgeo -2 at a current density of -1 A cmgeo -2 with 71% ± 3% faradaic efficiency under 20 bar nitrogen. Experimental X-ray analysis reveals that the lithium tetrafluoroborate electrolyte induces the formation of a compact and uniform SEI layer, which facilitates homogeneous lithium plating, suppresses the undesired hydrogen evolution as well as electrolyte decomposition, and enhances the nitrogen reduction.
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- Shaofeng Li
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Lu Y, Wang B, Chen S, Yang B. Quantifying the error propagation in microkinetic modeling of catalytic reactions with model-predicted binding energies. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Kreitz B, Lott P, Bae J, Blöndal K, Angeli S, Ulissi ZW, Studt F, Goldsmith CF, Deutschmann O. Detailed Microkinetics for the Oxidation of Exhaust Gas Emissions through Automated Mechanism Generation. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Bjarne Kreitz
- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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De Wispelaere K, Plessow PN, Studt F. Toward Computing Accurate Free Energies in Heterogeneous Catalysis: a Case Study for Adsorbed Isobutene in H-ZSM-5. ACS PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AU 2022; 2:399-406. [PMID: 36855690 PMCID: PMC9955322 DOI: 10.1021/acsphyschemau.2c00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Herein, we propose a novel computational protocol that enables calculating free energies with improved accuracy by combining the best available techniques for enthalpy and entropy calculation. While the entropy is described by enhanced sampling molecular dynamics techniques, the energy is calculated using ab initio methods. We apply the method to assess the stability of isobutene adsorption intermediates in the zeolite H-SSZ-13, a prototypical problem that is computationally extremely challenging in terms of calculating enthalpy and entropy. We find that at typical operating conditions for zeolite catalysis (400 °C), the physisorbed π-complex, and not the tertiary carbenium ion as often reported, is the most stable intermediate. This method paves the way for sampling-based techniques to calculate the accurate free energies in a broad range of chemistry-related disciplines, thus presenting a big step forward toward predictive modeling.
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- Kristof De Wispelaere
- Center
for Molecular Modeling, Ghent University, Technologiepark 46, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium,
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- Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany,
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- Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany,Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany,
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Bang GJ, Gu GH, Noh J, Jung Y. Activity Trends of Methane Oxidation Catalysts under Emission Conditions. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Gi Joo Bang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
- School of Energy Technology, Korea Institute of Energy Technology, 200 Hyuksin-ro, Naju, 58330, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Four), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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Kreitz B, Wehinger GD, Goldsmith CF, Turek T. Microkinetic modeling of the transient CO2 methanation with DFT‐based uncertainties in a Berty reactor. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Bjarne Kreitz
- Brown University School of Engineering 184 Hope Street 02906 Providence UNITED STATES
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- Technische Universitat Clausthal Institute for Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering GERMANY
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- TU Clausthal Institut für Chemische und Elektrochemische Verfahrenstechnik Leibnizstr. 17 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld GERMANY
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- Andrew J. Medford
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- CAMD, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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Xu W, Reuter K, Andersen M. Predicting binding motifs of complex adsorbates using machine learning with a physics-inspired graph representation. NATURE COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE 2022; 2:443-450. [PMID: 38177870 DOI: 10.1038/s43588-022-00280-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Computational screening in heterogeneous catalysis relies increasingly on machine learning models for predicting key input parameters due to the high cost of computing these directly using first-principles methods. This becomes especially relevant when considering complex materials spaces such as alloys, or complex reaction mechanisms with adsorbates that may exhibit bi- or higher-dentate adsorption motifs. Here we present a data-efficient approach to the prediction of binding motifs and associated adsorption enthalpies of complex adsorbates at transition metals and their alloys based on a customized Wasserstein Weisfeiler-Lehman graph kernel and Gaussian process regression. The model shows good predictive performance, not only for the elemental transition metals on which it was trained, but also for an alloy based on these transition metals. Furthermore, incorporation of minimal new training data allows for predicting an out-of-domain transition metal. We believe the model may be useful in active learning approaches, for which we present an ensemble uncertainty estimation approach.
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- Wenbin Xu
- Chair for Theoretical Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
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- Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy-Center for Interstellar Catalysis, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Chen FY, Wu ZY, Gupta S, Rivera DJ, Lambeets SV, Pecaut S, Kim JYT, Zhu P, Finfrock YZ, Meira DM, King G, Gao G, Xu W, Cullen DA, Zhou H, Han Y, Perea DE, Muhich CL, Wang H. Efficient conversion of low-concentration nitrate sources into ammonia on a Ru-dispersed Cu nanowire electrocatalyst. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 17:759-767. [PMID: 35501378 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01121-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Electrochemically converting nitrate ions, a widely distributed nitrogen source in industrial wastewater and polluted groundwater, into ammonia represents a sustainable route for both wastewater treatment and ammonia generation. However, it is currently hindered by low catalytic activities, especially under low nitrate concentrations. Here we report a high-performance Ru-dispersed Cu nanowire catalyst that delivers an industrial-relevant nitrate reduction current of 1 A cm-2 while maintaining a high NH3 Faradaic efficiency of 93%. More importantly, this high nitrate-reduction catalytic activity enables over a 99% nitrate conversion into ammonia, from an industrial wastewater level of 2,000 ppm to a drinkable water level <50 ppm, while still maintaining an over 90% Faradaic efficiency. Coupling the nitrate reduction effluent stream with an air stripping process, we successfully obtained high purity solid NH4Cl and liquid NH3 solution products, which suggests a practical approach to convert wastewater nitrate into valuable ammonia products. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the highly dispersed Ru atoms provide active nitrate reduction sites and the surrounding Cu sites can suppress the main side reaction, the hydrogen evolution reaction.
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- Feng-Yang Chen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, & Energy, Chemical Engineering Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, & Energy, Chemical Engineering Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Structural Biology Center, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Electron Microscope Center, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, & Energy, Chemical Engineering Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, & Energy, Materials Science & Engineering Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
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Vijay S, Kastlunger G, Chan K, Nørskov JK. Limits to scaling relations between adsorption energies? J Chem Phys 2022; 156:231102. [PMID: 35732521 DOI: 10.1063/5.0096625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Linear scaling relations have led to an understanding of trends in catalytic activity and selectivity of many reactions in heterogeneous and electro-catalysis. However, linear scaling between the chemisorption energies of any two small molecule adsorbates is not guaranteed. A prominent example is the lack of scaling between the chemisorption energies of carbon and oxygen on transition metal surfaces. In this work, we show that this lack of scaling originates from different re-normalized adsorbate valence energies of lower-lying oxygen vs higher-lying carbon. We develop a model for chemisorption of small molecule adsorbates within the d-band model by combining a modified form of the Newns-Anderson hybridization energy with an effective orthogonalization term. We develop a general descriptor to a priori determine if two adsorbates are likely to scale with each other.
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- Sudarshan Vijay
- CatTheory, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- CatTheory, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- CatTheory, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- CatTheory, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Kaiser SK, Fako E, Surin I, Krumeich F, Kondratenko VA, Kondratenko EV, Clark AH, López N, Pérez-Ramírez J. Performance descriptors of nanostructured metal catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 17:606-612. [PMID: 35484211 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01105-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Controlling the precise atomic architecture of supported metals is central to optimizing their catalytic performance, as recently exemplified for nanostructured platinum and ruthenium systems in acetylene hydrochlorination, a key process for vinyl chloride production. This opens the possibility of building on historically established activity correlations. In this study, we derived quantitative activity, selectivity and stability descriptors that account for the metal-dependent speciation and host effects observed in acetylene hydrochlorination. To achieve this, we generated a platform of Au, Pt, Ru, Ir, Rh and Pd single atoms and nanoparticles supported on different types of carbon and assessed their evolution during synthesis and under the relevant reaction conditions. Combining kinetic, transient and chemisorption analyses with modelling, we identified the acetylene adsorption energy as a speciation-sensitive activity descriptor, further determining catalyst selectivity with respect to coke formation. The stability of the different nanostructures is governed by the interplay between single atom-support interactions and chlorine affinity, promoting metal redispersion or agglomeration, respectively.
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- Selina K Kaiser
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Tarragona, Spain.
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Yonge A, Kunz MR, Gusmão GS, Fang Z, Batchu R, Fushimi R, Medford AJ. Quantifying the impact of temporal analysis of products reactor initial state uncertainties on kinetic parameters. AIChE J 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Adam Yonge
- College of Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Processing Idaho National Laboratory Idaho Falls ID
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Processing Idaho National Laboratory Idaho Falls ID
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Processing Idaho National Laboratory Idaho Falls ID
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Processing Idaho National Laboratory Idaho Falls ID
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Fan QY, Liu JL, Gong FQ, Wang Y, Cheng J. Structural dynamics of Ru clusters during nitrogen dissociation in ammonia synthesis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:10820-10825. [PMID: 35482304 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00678b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The dynamic evolution of catalyst structures greatly influences the reactivity, especially sub-nanometer clusters, exhibiting complex configurational fluctuation. In the present work, we study the structural dynamics of a Ru19 cluster during the dissociation of N2 and calculate the reaction free energies using ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD). Our AIMD calculation predicts a peak-shaped reaction entropy curve due to the adsorption-induced phase transition of the Ru19 cluster. The low melting points of sub-nanometer clusters make it possible to activate N2 at low temperatures. This work demonstrates that the dynamic changes of cluster structures have a non-negligible effect on reaction free energy and offer an opportunity for achieving ammonia synthesis under mild conditions.
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- Qi-Yuan Fan
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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Kastlunger G, Wang L, Govindarajan N, Heenen HH, Ringe S, Jaramillo T, Hahn C, Chan K. Using pH Dependence to Understand Mechanisms in Electrochemical CO Reduction. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Georg Kastlunger
- Catalysis Theory Center, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore
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- Catalysis Theory Center, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Catalysis Theory Center, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
- Energy Science and Engineering Research Center, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Institute for Basic Science, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Catalysis Theory Center, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Pernot P. The long road to calibrated prediction uncertainty in computational chemistry. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:114109. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0084302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Uncertainty quantification (UQ) in computational chemistry (CC) is still in its infancy. Very few CC methods are designed to provide a confidence level on their predictions, and most users still rely improperly on the mean absolute error as an accuracy metric. The development of reliable UQ methods is essential, notably for CC to be used confidently in industrial processes. A review of the CC-UQ literature shows that there is no common standard procedure to report or validate prediction uncertainty. I consider here analysis tools using concepts (calibration and sharpness) developed in meteorology and machine learning for the validation of probabilistic forecasters. These tools are adapted to CC-UQ and applied to datasets of prediction uncertainties provided by composite methods, Bayesian ensembles methods, and machine learning and a posteriori statistical methods.
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- Pascal Pernot
- Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR8000 CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
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Yin H, Chen Z, Peng Y, Xiong S, Li Y, Yamashita H, Li J. Dual Active Centers Bridged by Oxygen Vacancies of Ruthenium Single‐Atom Hybrids Supported on Molybdenum Oxide for Photocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Haibo Yin
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control School of Environment Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control School of Environment Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control School of Environment Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control School of Environment Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control School of Environment Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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Bagger A, Christensen O, Ivaništšev V, Rossmeisl J. Catalytic CO2/CO Reduction: Gas, Aqueous, and Aprotic Phases. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Alexander Bagger
- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Wu T, Melander MM, Honkala K. Coadsorption of NRR and HER Intermediates Determines the Performance of Ru-N4 toward Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Tongwei Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Ju H, Seo DH, Chung S, Mao X, An BS, Musameh M, Gengenbach TR, Shon H, Du A, Bendavid A, Ostrikov KK, Yoon HC, Lee J, Giddey S. Green ammonia synthesis using CeO 2/RuO 2 nanolayers on vertical graphene catalyst via electrochemical route in alkaline electrolyte. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:1395-1408. [PMID: 35018401 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr06411h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The electrochemical synthesis of ammonia at ambient temperature and pressure has the potential to replace the conventional process for the production of ammonia. However, the low ammonia yield and poor long-term stability of catalysts for the synthesis of ammonia hinders the application of this technology. Herein, we endeavored to tackle this challenge by synthesizing 3-D vertical graphene (VG) on Ni foam via a one-step, low-temperature plasma process, which offered high conductivity and large surface area. Subsequently, the vertical graphene on Ni foam was loaded with nanolayers of ruthenium oxide (RuO2, ∼2 nm) and cerium oxide (CeO2, <20 nm) nanoparticles via magnetron sputtering. The incorporation of nanoparticle layers (RuO2 and CeO2/RuO2) on VG significantly increased the NH3 yield in KOH electrolyte. Finally, the performance and long-term stability of this composite material were successfully demonstrated by the addition of CeO2/RuO2 nanolayers on the VG electrocatalyst. The catalyst achieved an excellent performance with a high ammonia synthesis yield of 50.56 μg mgtotal cat.-1 h-1 (1.11 × 10-10 mol cm-2 s-1) during the performance evaluation period of 36 h. This observation was also verified by density functional theory calculation, where CeO2 exhibited the best catalytic performance compared to RuO2 and pristine graphene.
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- HyungKuk Ju
- Hydrogen Research Department, Korea Institute of Energy Research, 152 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34129, Republic of Korea.
- CSIRO Energy, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria, 3169, Australia
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, 15 Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia.
- Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), Naju, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
- International Future Research Center of Chemical Energy Storage and Conversion Processes, GIST, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
- Ertl Centre for Electrochemistry and Catalysis, GIST, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemistry and Physics and Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, 4000, Australia
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- Platform Technology Laboratory, Korea Institute of Energy Research, 152 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34129, Republic of Korea
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, 15 Broadway, NSW, 2007, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Physics and Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, 4000, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, PO Box 218, Lindfield, NSW 2070, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics and Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, 4000, Australia
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- Climate Change Research Division, Korea Institute of Energy Research, 152 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34129, Republic of Korea
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
- International Future Research Center of Chemical Energy Storage and Conversion Processes, GIST, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
- Ertl Centre for Electrochemistry and Catalysis, GIST, Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- CSIRO Energy, Private Bag 10, Clayton South, Victoria, 3169, Australia
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Streibel V, Aljama HA, Yang AC, Choksi TS, Sánchez-Carrera RS, Schäfer A, Li Y, Cargnello M, Abild-Pedersen F. Microkinetic Modeling of Propene Combustion on a Stepped, Metallic Palladium Surface and the Importance of Oxygen Coverage. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Verena Streibel
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- BASF SE, Quantum Chemistry, Carl-Bosch-Straße 38, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- BASF Corporation, Environmental Catalysis R&D and Application, 25 Middlesex-Essex Turnpike, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 443 Via Ortega, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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Dynamic Pt Coordination in Dilute AgPt Alloy Nanoparticle Catalysts Under Reactive Environments. Top Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-021-01545-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Steiner M, Reiher M. Autonomous Reaction Network Exploration in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis. Top Catal 2022; 65:6-39. [PMID: 35185305 PMCID: PMC8816766 DOI: 10.1007/s11244-021-01543-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Autonomous computations that rely on automated reaction network elucidation algorithms may pave the way to make computational catalysis on a par with experimental research in the field. Several advantages of this approach are key to catalysis: (i) automation allows one to consider orders of magnitude more structures in a systematic and open-ended fashion than what would be accessible by manual inspection. Eventually, full resolution in terms of structural varieties and conformations as well as with respect to the type and number of potentially important elementary reaction steps (including decomposition reactions that determine turnover numbers) may be achieved. (ii) Fast electronic structure methods with uncertainty quantification warrant high efficiency and reliability in order to not only deliver results quickly, but also to allow for predictive work. (iii) A high degree of autonomy reduces the amount of manual human work, processing errors, and human bias. Although being inherently unbiased, it is still steerable with respect to specific regions of an emerging network and with respect to the addition of new reactant species. This allows for a high fidelity of the formalization of some catalytic process and for surprising in silico discoveries. In this work, we first review the state of the art in computational catalysis to embed autonomous explorations into the general field from which it draws its ingredients. We then elaborate on the specific conceptual issues that arise in the context of autonomous computational procedures, some of which we discuss at an example catalytic system.
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- Miguel Steiner
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Xue M, Jia J, Wu H. A density functional theory study on the catalytic performance of metal (Ni, Pd) single atom, dimer and trimer for H2 dissociation. Chem Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2021.111336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Govindarajan N, Kastlunger G, Heenen HH, Chan K. Improving the intrinsic activity of electrocatalysts for sustainable energy conversion: where are we and where can we go? Chem Sci 2021; 13:14-26. [PMID: 35059146 PMCID: PMC8694373 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc04775b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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As we are in the midst of a climate crisis, there is an urgent need to transition to the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. A promising strategy towards this transition is to use renewable energy for the electrochemical conversion of abundant molecules present in the earth's atmosphere such as H2O, O2, N2 and CO2, to synthetic fuels and chemicals. A cornerstone to this strategy is the development of earth abundant electrocatalysts with high intrinsic activity towards the desired products. In this perspective, we discuss the importance and challenges involved in the estimation of intrinsic activity both from the experimental and theoretical front. Through a thorough analysis of published data, we find that only modest improvements in intrinsic activity of electrocatalysts have been achieved in the past two decades which necessitates the need for a paradigm shift in electrocatalyst design. To this end, we highlight opportunities offered by tuning three components of the electrochemical environment: cations, buffering anions and the electrolyte pH. These components can significantly alter catalytic activity as demonstrated using several examples, and bring us a step closer towards complete system level optimization of electrochemical routes to sustainable energy conversion.
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- Nitish Govindarajan
- Catalysis Theory Center, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Fysikvej 311 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
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- Catalysis Theory Center, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Fysikvej 311 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
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- Catalysis Theory Center, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Fysikvej 311 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark .,Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Faradayweg 4-6 D-14195 Berlin Germany
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- Catalysis Theory Center, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Fysikvej 311 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
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Yin H, Chen Z, Peng Y, Xiong S, Yamashita H, Li J. Dual Active Centers Bridged by Oxygen Vacancies of Ru Single Atoms Hybrids Supported on Molybdenum Oxide for Photocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202114242. [PMID: 34918452 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Photocatalytic synthesis of ammonia (NH 3 ) holds significant potential compared with the Haber-Bosch process. However, the reported photocatalysts suffered from low efficiency owing to localized electrons deficiency. Here, Ru-SA (single atoms)/H x MoO 3-y hybrids with abundant of Mo n+ (n < 6) species neighboring oxygen vacancies (O V ) are synthesized via a H-spillover process. Detailed characterizations demonstrate that Ru-SA/H x MoO 3 y hybrids can quantitatively produce NH 3 from N 2 and H 2 by the synergetic effect of dual active centers (Ru SA and Mo n+ ). That is, Ru SA boost the activation and migration of H 2 , and Mo n+ species act as the trapping sites of localized electrons and the adsorption and dissociation sites of N 2 , finally leading to NH 3 synthesis on Mo n+ -OH. The NH 3 generation rate is as high as 4.0 mmol h -1 g -1 , accompanied by an apparent quantum efficiency over 6.0% at 650 nm. Our finding may open up a new strategy for acquiring a better NH 3 synthesis approach under mild conditions.
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- Haibo Yin
- Tsinghua University, School of environment, CHINA
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- Tsinghua University, School of environment, CHINA
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- Tsinghua University, School of environment, CHINA
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- Osaka University: Osaka Daigaku, Graduate School of Engineering, JAPAN
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- Tsinghua University, School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, 100084, Beijing, CHINA
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