中国物理B ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (9): 98201-098201.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/9/098201

• INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY • 上一篇    下一篇

Catalytic reduction of N2O by CO over PtlAum- clusters:A first-principles study

米鸿a, 韦世豪a, 段香梅b, 潘孝胤b   

  1. a Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China;
    b Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
  • 收稿日期:2015-04-08 修回日期:2015-05-27 出版日期:2015-09-05 发布日期:2015-09-05
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 10804058, 11174164, and 11275100), the Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China (Grant No. Y607546), and the K. C. Wong Magna Foundation in Ningbo University, China.

Catalytic reduction of N2O by CO over PtlAum- clusters:A first-principles study

Mi Hong (米鸿)a, Wei Shi-Hao (韦世豪)a, Duan Xiang-Mei (段香梅)b, Pan Xiao-Yin (潘孝胤)b   

  1. a Department of Microelectronic Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China;
    b Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
  • Received:2015-04-08 Revised:2015-05-27 Online:2015-09-05 Published:2015-09-05
  • Contact: Wei Shi-Hao E-mail:weishihao@nbu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 10804058, 11174164, and 11275100), the Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China (Grant No. Y607546), and the K. C. Wong Magna Foundation in Ningbo University, China.

摘要: Based on the density functional theory, we investigate negatively charged clusters PtlAum- (l+m=4), which show significant catalytic properties in the simultaneous removal of N2O and CO. We find that in these clusters, the platinum atom acts as the adsorption center for N2O, the gold and Pt atoms act as electron donors during the reaction, and the charge transfers from the bimetallic cluster to the N2O molecule. As the proportion of Au in the cluster increases, the d band center shifts down further away from the Fermi level, meanwhile more charge is transferred to the N2O molecule, resulting in weaker N-O bond strength. Therefore bimetallic cluster PtAu3- shows better catalytic properties than the other clusters, especially pure Pt4- and Au4- clusters. This means that there is a synergetic effect between the Pt and Au atoms in the negatively charged bimetallic clusters. Our results help to reveal the mechanism of PtlAum- bimetallic clusters as excellent catalysts.

关键词: bimetallic cluster, translate state, catalytic property, potential energy surface

Abstract: Based on the density functional theory, we investigate negatively charged clusters PtlAum- (l+m=4), which show significant catalytic properties in the simultaneous removal of N2O and CO. We find that in these clusters, the platinum atom acts as the adsorption center for N2O, the gold and Pt atoms act as electron donors during the reaction, and the charge transfers from the bimetallic cluster to the N2O molecule. As the proportion of Au in the cluster increases, the d band center shifts down further away from the Fermi level, meanwhile more charge is transferred to the N2O molecule, resulting in weaker N-O bond strength. Therefore bimetallic cluster PtAu3- shows better catalytic properties than the other clusters, especially pure Pt4- and Au4- clusters. This means that there is a synergetic effect between the Pt and Au atoms in the negatively charged bimetallic clusters. Our results help to reveal the mechanism of PtlAum- bimetallic clusters as excellent catalysts.

Key words: bimetallic cluster, translate state, catalytic property, potential energy surface

中图分类号:  (Reactions on clusters)

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36.40.Cg (Electronic and magnetic properties of clusters) 31.15.ve (Electron correlation calculations for atoms and ions: ground state)