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DFT calculation of oxygen adsorption on platinum nanoparticles: coverage and size effects

DFT calculation of oxygen adsorption on platinum nanoparticles: coverage and size effects
DFT calculation of oxygen adsorption on platinum nanoparticles: coverage and size effects
Catalysts made of Pt nanoparticles and Pt alloys are considered state-of-the-art catalysts for the anodic and cathodic reactions involved in hydrogen fuel cells. The optimal size of such nanoparticles for each chemical reaction is an unsolved problem, which depends on environmental variables, such as reactant concentration, solvent, temperature, etc. From a theoretical point of view, this problem has been tackled mainly by observing how single key adsorbates react with different nanoparticles in controlled conditions. In this work, we use large-scale DFT calculations to examine the interplay between the Pt nanoparticle size and O coverage effects. We examine single O adsorptions for three adsorption sites on cuboctahedral platinum nanoparticles with different sizes. As we grow the nanoparticle size, the binding strength decreases and we observed a quick convergence of the adsorption energies with increasing nanoparticle size, which correlates with the calculated d-band centre for (111) Pt facets on such nanoparticles. We also carried out a detailed study of the effect of oxygen coverage with varying fractions of O monolayer coverage, computing adsorption energies per O atom for Pt 55 , Pt 147, and Pt309 nanoparticles with several O coverages. In general, the increase of O coverage led to weaker adsorption energies per O atom, and when analysing the results in terms of oxygen monolayers, this effect is more pronounced for larger nanoparticles. The O coverage dependency of the adsorption energy per O atom is analysed in terms of the O distribution for each nanoparticle size and electronic changes that the adsorbed oxygen causes to the Pt nanoparticle. In studying nanoparticle size and oxygen coverage effects simultaneously, we offer insights with DFT accuracy to help on heterogeneous catalyst design
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Verga, Lucas Garcia
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Sarwar, M
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Verga, Lucas Garcia, Aarons, Jolyon, Sarwar, M, Thompsett, D., Russell, Andrea E. and Skylaris, Chris-Kriton (2018) DFT calculation of oxygen adsorption on platinum nanoparticles: coverage and size effects. Faraday Discussions, 1-15. (doi:10.1039/C7FD00218A).

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Catalysts made of Pt nanoparticles and Pt alloys are considered state-of-the-art catalysts for the anodic and cathodic reactions involved in hydrogen fuel cells. The optimal size of such nanoparticles for each chemical reaction is an unsolved problem, which depends on environmental variables, such as reactant concentration, solvent, temperature, etc. From a theoretical point of view, this problem has been tackled mainly by observing how single key adsorbates react with different nanoparticles in controlled conditions. In this work, we use large-scale DFT calculations to examine the interplay between the Pt nanoparticle size and O coverage effects. We examine single O adsorptions for three adsorption sites on cuboctahedral platinum nanoparticles with different sizes. As we grow the nanoparticle size, the binding strength decreases and we observed a quick convergence of the adsorption energies with increasing nanoparticle size, which correlates with the calculated d-band centre for (111) Pt facets on such nanoparticles. We also carried out a detailed study of the effect of oxygen coverage with varying fractions of O monolayer coverage, computing adsorption energies per O atom for Pt 55 , Pt 147, and Pt309 nanoparticles with several O coverages. In general, the increase of O coverage led to weaker adsorption energies per O atom, and when analysing the results in terms of oxygen monolayers, this effect is more pronounced for larger nanoparticles. The O coverage dependency of the adsorption energy per O atom is analysed in terms of the O distribution for each nanoparticle size and electronic changes that the adsorbed oxygen causes to the Pt nanoparticle. In studying nanoparticle size and oxygen coverage effects simultaneously, we offer insights with DFT accuracy to help on heterogeneous catalyst design

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Accepted/In Press date: 3 January 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 3 January 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 417183
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/417183
ISSN: 0301-7249
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ORCID for Lucas Garcia Verga: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7453-238X
ORCID for Andrea E. Russell: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8382-6443
ORCID for Chris-Kriton Skylaris: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0258-3433

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Author: Jolyon Aarons
Author: M Sarwar
Author: D. Thompsett

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