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博士生导师
硕士生导师
性别:男
毕业院校:中科院金属所
学位:博士
所在单位:化工学院
学科:无机化学
办公地点:大连理工大学化学楼401
联系方式:13940825088
电子邮箱:cgmeng@dlut.edu.cn
Copper atoms embedded in hexagonal boron nitride as potential catalysts for CO oxidation: a first-principles investigation
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论文类型:期刊论文
发表时间:2014-01-01
发表刊物:RSC ADVANCES
收录刊物:SCIE、EI、Scopus
卷号:4
期号:73
页面范围:38750-38760
ISSN号:2046-2069
摘要:We addressed the electronic structure of Cu atoms embedded in hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and their catalytic role in CO oxidation by first-principles-based calculations. We showed that Cu atoms prefer to bind directly with the localized defects on h-BN, which act as strong trapping sites for Cu atoms and inhibit their clustering. The strong binding of Cu atoms at boron vacancy also up-shifts the energy level of Cu-d states to the Fermi level and promotes the formation of peroxide-like intermediate. CO oxidation over Cu atoms embedded in h-BN would proceed through the Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism with the formation of a peroxide-like complex by reaction of coadsorbed CO and O-2, with the dissociation of which the a CO2 molecule and an adsorbed O atom are formed. Then, the embedded Cu atom is regenerated by the reaction of another gaseous CO with the remnant O atom. The calculated energy barriers for the formation and dissociation of peroxide complex and regeneration of embedded Cu atoms are as low as 0.26, 0.11 and 0.03 eV, respectively, indicating the potential high catalytic performance of Cu atoms embedded in h-BN for low temperature CO oxidation.