A thermodynamic description of the adsorption-induced structural transitions in flexible MIL-53 metal-organic framework

We briefly review the concept of temperature-loading phase diagram that we derived from an osmotic statistical ensemble analysis of the adsorption-induced structural transitions observed in the MIL-53 family of metal-organic framework nanoporous materials. We highlight the generic nature of this diagram and comment on the occurrence of breathing transitions depending on the guest fluid, the framework functionalisation and the nature of the metal centre.     

MgH2(110)表面Pd单原子催化氢脱附反应的第一性原理研究

本文采用第一性原理密度泛函理论计算研究了MgH₂(110)表面吸附单原子Pd后的氢脱附反应. 计算发现,在吸附一个Pd单原子后,MgH₂(110)表面氢脱附反应的能垒可以从1.802 eV显著地降低到1.154 eV,表明Pd单原子对于氢脱附具有很强的催化效应. 并且,Pd单原子催化还可以将氢脱附的温度从573 K显著地降低到了367 K,从而使MgH₂(110)表面的氢脱附反应更加容易和快速地发生. 此外,通过MgH₂(110)表面氢溢出机制的反向过程来讨论了氢脱附反应的微观过程. 该研究表明Pd/MgH₂薄膜在未来的实验中可作为良好的储氢材料.     

Adsorbate-adsorbate interactions and the ordering of organic monolayers on metal surfaces

To study the ordering of molecules adsorbed on single-crystal substrates, a molecular cross-section (MCS) is defined, which measures the surface area occupied by each molecule. With this MCS, a two-dimensional packing coefficient C_2D is then defined for ordered arrays of adsorbed molecules. Values and trends for MCS and C_2D are discussed for known surface structures, especially for benzene adsorbed on metal surfaces. The packing is found to be generally less dense at surfaces than one would expect from comparison with packing in three-dimensional organic crystals. The Van der Waals packing energy and the repulsive dipole-dipole energy are also computed to study this issue. The lack of close-packing is attributed to the need to respect structural coincidence with the substrate and/or co-adsorption of small molecules like CO. These concepts are then applied to the prediction of the long-range order that a monolayer of adsorbed molecules may adopt: thereby possible adsorption structures can be defined, restricting the number of possibilities in a further structural determination.     

H2S在Fe(100)面吸附的第一性原理研究

基于密度泛函理论第一性原理, 在广义梯度近似下, 研究了表面覆盖度为0.25 ML (monolayer)时硫化氢分子在Fe(100)面吸附的结构和电子性质, 并与单个硫原子吸附结果进行了对比. 结果表明: 硫化氢分子吸附在B2位吸附能最小为-1.23 eV, 最稳定, B1位吸附能最大为-0.01 eV, 最不稳定; 并对硫化氢分子在B1位和B2位吸附后的电子态密度进行了分析, 也表明了吸附在B2位稳定, 且吸附在B2位后硫化氢分子几何结构变化不大; 将硫化氢中硫原子吸附与单个硫原子吸附的电子性质进行了比较, 发现前者吸附作用非常微弱; 同时对吸附后的Fe(100)面进行了对比, 单个硫原子吸附的Fe(100)面电子态密度出现了一系列峰值且离散分布, 生成了硫化亚铁, 表明在硫化氢环境下, 主要是硫化氢析出的硫原子发生了吸附. 关键词： 第一性原理 Fe(100)表面 吸附能 硫化氢     

The surface stress of the (1 1 0) and (1 0 0) surfaces of rutile and the effect of water adsorbents

The surface stress on clean TiO₂ (1 1 0) and (1 0 0) surfaces, and those with four types of adsorbent - (i) molecularly adsorbed water, (ii) dissociatively adsorbed water, (iii) dissociatively adsorbed water at an oxygen vacancy, and (iv) adsorbed hydrogen - was investigated in the framework of density functional theory using a slab model. The calculations were intended to rationalize the effect of the artificially introduced stress that occurs in experimentally photoinduced hydrophilicity. Tensile stress was observed for a clean (1 1 0) surface, and a mixture of tensile and compressive stress for a clean (1 0 0) surface. The adsorbate-induced surface stresses were analyzed in terms of the sixfold coordinated character of the surface titanium atoms, hydrogen bonds between the adsorbents and the bridging oxygen atoms, and the change in electron density in the vicinity of the surface.     

机器学习辅助高性能化学信息数据库促进金属有机框架材料基气体吸附材料筛选

基于数据库化学结构搜索和机器学习快速筛选特定功能材料是近年的研究热点. 本文建立了基于MYSQL的高性能化学结构数据库,即MYDB. 数据库利用新的检索算法收集和存储了超过16万个金属有机框架材料,可以实现了高效检索和推荐. 测试结果显示MYDB能够在百万数量级的材料中实现快速高效的关键词搜索,并对相似结构提供实时推荐. 结合机器学习方法和材料数据库,训练了气体吸附模型,以确定一定热力学条件下金属有机框架材料对氩气和氢气的吸附能力. 结合MYDB数据库和机器学习算法训练出的模型能够支持大规模、低成本且方便快捷的结构筛选,从而推进计算材料研究领域中特定功能材料的发现.     

Reconnaissance of the specific surface of vapour grown carbon micro and nanofibres as a main controller of the sorption of hydrogen

The influence of the hydrogen content in several physical aspects of carbonaceous microfibres obtained from a mixture of hydrogen and hydrocarbon gas is examinated in this study. The hydrogen content is evaluated behalf a measurement of the fibres density. These changes of content depend on the manufacturing process and further treatments of the fibres. The surface energy is established after contact angle evaluation. There is not a clear relation between the surface energy and the porosity, which is a very relevant parameter in order to establish the hydrogen storage capacity of all materials.The fibres have been evaluated using Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM), which provides a map of the surface potential. These measurements suggest a relation between the surface potential and the hydrogen adsorbed in the surface of the fibres.     

Electronic and mechanical properties of ZnS nanowires with different surface adsorptions

We investigate the energetic, electronic, and mechanical properties of the pristine, hydrogen, and water adsorbed ZnS nanowires using the all-electron density functional theory. We found that water adsorption is energetically favorable and makes the band gap change from indirect to direct for the smallest nanowire. The Young's moduli of the pristine and water adsorbed nanowires are larger, but those of the hydrogen adsorption nanowires are smaller than that of bulk ZnS. The physical origin of the different tendencies can be attributed to the different surface relaxations of three kinds of ZnS nanowires.     

Interactions of incident H atoms with metal surfaces

Atomic hydrogen is a highly reactive species of interest because of its role in a wide range of applications and technologies. Knowledge about the interactions of incident H atoms on metal surfaces is important for our understanding of many processes such as those occurring in plasma-enhanced catalysis and nuclear fusion in tokamak reactors. Herein we review some of the numerous experimental surface science studies that have focused on the interactions of H atoms that are incident on low-Miller index metal single-crystal surfaces. We briefly summarize the different incident H atom reaction mechanisms and several of the available methods to create H atoms in UHV environments before addressing the key thermodynamic and kinetic data available on metal and modified metal surfaces. Generally, H atoms are very reactive and exhibit high sticking coefficients even on metals where H₂ molecules do not dissociate under UHV conditions. This reactivity is often reduced by adsorbates on the surface, which also create new reaction pathways. Abstraction of surface-bound D(H) adatoms by incident H(D) atoms often occurs by an Eley-Rideal mechanism, while a hot atom mechanism produces structural effects in the abstraction rates and forms homonuclear products. Additionally, incident H atoms can often induce surface reconstructions and populate subsurface and bulk absorption sites. The absorbed H atoms recombine to desorb H₂ at lower temperature and can also exhibit higher subsequent reactivity with adsorbates than surface-bound H adatoms. Incident H atoms, either directly or via sorbed hydrogen species, hydrogenate adsorbed hydrocarbons, sulfur, alkali metals, oxygen, halogens, and other adatoms and small molecules. Thus, H atoms from the gas phase incident on surfaces and adsorbed layers create new reaction channels and products beyond those found from interactions of H₂ molecules. Detailed aspects of the dynamics and energy transfer associated with these interactions and the important applications of hydrogen in plasma processing of semiconductors are beyond the scope of this review.     

平面星形CBe5Li5+超碱离子团簇的结构及其储氢性能研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)方法,研究平面星形CBe5Li5+超碱离子团簇的结构及其储氢性能。结果表明, 平面星形D5h结构的CBe5Li5+超碱离子团簇具有较高的热力学稳定性,氢分子能在Li+周围发生吸附, 且每个Li+周围能有效吸附三个氢分子。结构的稳定性及合适的吸氢性能表明平面星形CBe5Li5+超碱离子团簇在常温常压条件下可以作为较好的储氢媒介。     

Hydrogen outgassing mechanism in titanium materials

This paper addresses a hydrogen outgassing mechanism in titanium materials with extremely low outgassing property by investigating the distribution of hydrogen atoms concentration in depth below the surface, and the activation energy for desorption of dissolved hydrogen atoms into the boundary region between the surface oxide layer and the bulk titanium and that of adsorbed hydrogen atoms on the surface. The distribution of hydrogen atoms concentration in depth below the surface was analyzed by a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). The activation energy for desorption of dissolved hydrogen atoms was estimated by the thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) measurement with various heating rates. The activation energy for desorption of adsorbed hydrogen atoms was estimated by the temperature dependence of the outgassing rate in titanium material. In the titanium material, hydrogen atoms show maximum concentration at the boundary between the surface oxide layer and the bulk titanium. Concentration of hydrogen atoms decreases rapidly at the surface oxide layer, while it decreases slowly in the deep region below the surface layer-bulk boundary by the vacuum evacuation without/with the baking process. The activation energy for desorption of 1.02 eV of dissolved hydrogen atoms into the surface layer-bulk boundary is about three times as large as that of 0.38 eV of the adsorbed hydrogen atoms on the surface. These results suggest that the hydrogen outgassing mechanism in the titanium material is composed the follows processes, i.e. the slow hydrogen atoms diffusion at the surface layer-bulk boundary, quick hydrogen atoms diffusion at the surface oxide layer and rapid desorption of adsorbed hydrogen atoms on the surface. This outgassing mechanism gives very low hydrogen concentration near the surface, which results in the extremely low outgassing rate in titanium materials.     

锂原子修饰B6团簇的储氢性能研究

利用密度泛函理论研究B₆和Li_mB₆ (m= 1–2)团簇的结构及其储氢性能. 结果表明, 氢分子在B₆团簇的三种可能结构中均发生解离吸附, Li原子在B₆团簇表面不发生团聚,每一个Li原子均吸附几个氢分子. 其中以两个Li原子修饰笼形B₆团簇吸附完整氢分子数最多,储氢质量分数为20.38%, 氢分子的平均吸附能为1.683 kcal/mol,表明了它在常温常压条件下作为储氢材料的可行性. 关键词： mB₆ (m=1-2)团簇')" href="#">Li_mB₆ (m=1-2)团簇 密度泛函理论(DFT) 吸附能 储氢性能     

Tripyrrylmethane based 2D porous structure for hydrogen storage

The key to hydrogen storage is to design new materials with light mass, large surface and rich adsorption sites. Based on the recent experimental success in synthesizing tripyrrylmethane, we have explored Ti-tripyrrylmethane based 2D porous structure for hydrogen storage using density functional theory. We have found that the structure is stable, and the exposed Ti sites can bind three hydrogen molecules with an average binding energy of 0.175 eV/H₂, which lies in the energy window for storage and release of hydrogen in room temperature and at the ambient pressure.     

Structure and energetics changes during hydrogenation of 4H-SiC{0001} surfaces: a DFT study

The changes in the atomic and electronic structure of Si- and C-terminated hexagonal SiC{0001} surfaces resulting from on-surface and subsurface hydrogen adsorption have been studied within the density functional theory framework. Hydrogen coverages ranging from a submonolayer to one monolayer were considered. Our results show that a monolayer of adsorbed H almost completely suppresses the relaxation of the SiC surface atomic layers. On both terminations H binds strongly to the surface and the binding is about 2?eV stronger in on-surface sites than subsurface. Hydrogen binding to the C-terminated surface varies very little with coverage and is distinctly stronger than to the Si-terminated surface.     

Li修饰的C24团簇的储氢性能

利用密度泛函理论研究了Li原子修饰的C₂₄团簇的储氢性能. Li原子在C₂₄团簇表面的最佳结合位是五元环. Li原子与C₂₄团簇之间的作用强于Li原子之间的相互作用, 能阻止它们在团簇表面发生聚集. 当Li原子结合到C₂₄表面时, 它们向C原子转移电子后带正电荷. 当氢分子接近这些Li原子时, 在电场作用下发生极化, 通过静电相互作用吸附在Li原子周围. 在Li修饰的C₂₄复合物中, 每个Li原子能吸附两到三个氢分子, 平均吸附能处于0.08到0.13 eV/H₂范围内. C₂₄Li₆能吸附12个氢分子, 储氢密度达到6.8 wt%.     

Understanding guest and pressure‐induced porosity through structural transition in flexible interpenetrated MOF by Raman spectroscopy

Interpenetrating metal organic frameworks are interesting functional materials exhibiting exceptional framework properties. Uptake or exclusion of guest molecules can induce sliding in the framework making it porous or non‐porous. To understand this dynamic nature and how framework interaction changes during sliding, metal organic framework (MOF) 508 {Zn(BDC)( 4,4′‐Bipy)_0.5 · DMF(H₂O)_0.5} was selected for study. We have investigated structural transformation in MOF‐508 under variable conditions of temperature, pressure and gas loading using Raman spectroscopy and substantiated it with IR studies and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Conformational changes in the organic linkers leading to the sliding of the framework result in changes in Raman spectra. These changes in the organic linkers are measured as a function of high pressure and low temperature, suggesting that the dynamism in MOF‐508 framework is driven by ligand conformation change and inter‐linker interactions. The presence of Raman signatures of adsorbed CO₂ and its librational mode at 149 cm⁻¹ suggests cooperative adsorption of CO₂ in the MOF‐508 framework, which is also confirmed from DFT calculations that give a binding energy of 34 kJ/mol. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Experiments on random packings of ellipsoids

Recent simulations indicate that ellipsoids can pack randomly more densely than spheres and, remarkably, for axes ratios near 1.25:1:0.8 can approach the densest crystal packing (fcc) of spheres, with a packing fraction of 74%. We demonstrate that such dense packings are realizable. We introduce a novel way of determining packing density for a finite sample that minimizes surface effects. We have fabricated ellipsoids and show that, in a sphere, the radial packing fraction phi(r) can be obtained from V(h), the volume of added fluid to fill the sphere to height h. We also obtain phi(r) from a magnetic resonance imaging scan. The measurements of the overall density phi(avr), phi(r) and the core density phi(0) = 0.74 +/- 0.005 agree with simulations.     

Hydrogen storage in different carbon materials: Influence of the porosity development by chemical activation

The hydrogen adsorption capacity of different types of carbon nanofibers (platelet, fishbone and ribbon) and amorphous carbon have been measured as a function of pressure and temperature. The results showed that the more graphitic carbon materials adsorbed less hydrogen than more amorphous materials. After a chemical activation process, the hydrogen storage capacities of the carbon materials increased markedly in comparison with the non-activated ones.BET surface area of amorphous carbon increased by a factor of 3.5 and the ultramicropore volume doubled, thus increasing the hydrogen adsorption by a factor of 2. However, BET surface area in platelet CNFs increased by a factor of 3 and the ultramicropore volume by a factor of 6, thus increasing the hydrogen storage by a factor of 4.5. The dependency of hydrogen storage capacity of carbon materials on the BET surface area was evaluated using both a condensation model and experimental results. Comparison of data suggests that the hydrogen adsorption capacity clearly depends on the pore structure and so, on the accessibility to the internal surface.     

离子化程度对硼取代富勒烯C19Bn+（n=0-3）体系储氢性能的影响

本文采用密度泛函理论方法,研究了氢气分子在硼取代富勒烯C19Bn+（n=0-3）表面的非解离吸附态、化学吸附态、及吸附态之间转换过渡态的结构和能量,得到了吸附态之间转换反应的势能面. 研究表明通过调整体系的离子化电荷可以调整吸附位点的电荷布居数,随着硼取代富勒烯离子化体系C19Bn+的吸氢活性位点电荷布居数增大,氢分子被极化的程度以及氢分子在材料表面的吸附能均逐渐增大,同时改变电荷布居数也对氢气分子在表面吸附态间转变势垒高度产生了量级为几个Kcal/mol的影响. 希望我们的研究能够对富勒烯储氢的进一步发展提供参考.