Why is metallic Pt the best catalyst for methoxy decomposition? |
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| Authors: | Ruipeng Ren Cuiyu Niu Shaoyue Bu Yuhua Zhou Yongkang Lu Guichang Wang |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi, China; 2. Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; 3. Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi, China |
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| Abstract: | The decomposition of methoxy on Cu(111), Ag(111), Au(111), Ni(111), Pt(111), Pd(111), and Rh(111) has been studied in detail by the density functional theory calculations. The calculated activation barriers were successfully correlated with the coupling matrix element V2ad and the d-band center (εd) for the group IB metals and group VIII metals, respectively. By comparison of the activation energy barriers of the methoxy decomposition on different metals, it was found that Pt is the best catalyst for methoxy decomposition. The possible reason why the metallic Pt is the best catalyst has been analyzed from both the energetic data and the electronic structure information, that is, methoxy decomposition on Pt(111) has the largest exothermic behavior due to the closest p-band center of the CH3O among all metals after the adsorption. |
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| Keywords: | methoxy decomposition metals DFT calculation molecular product d-band center (&epsilon d) |
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