Effect of oxygen termination on the interaction of first row transition metals with M2C MXenes and the feasibility of single-atom catalysts
A density functional theory-based study was performed to investigate the stability of single-atom catalysts (SACs) over a series of O-terminated MXenes with the stoichiometry of M2CO2. Accordingly, we selected the first-row transition metals as adatoms and nine MXene surfaces as supports. From a the...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/192735 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/192735 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Catalitzadors Teoria del funcional de densitat Metalls de transició Catalysts Density functionals Transition metals |
| Sumario: | A density functional theory-based study was performed to investigate the stability of single-atom catalysts (SACs) over a series of O-terminated MXenes with the stoichiometry of M2CO2. Accordingly, we selected the first-row transition metals as adatoms and nine MXene surfaces as supports. From a thermodynamic viewpoint, the stability of the resulting SACs is favorable for all combinations between adatoms and MXenes. However, the adatoms tend to cluster together to a rather low energy barrier, promoting diffusion, which significantly affects their stability. The present systematic study showed that Sc@ and Ti@M2CO2 are the most feasible SACs because of their high metal-support interaction, low tendency to form metal clusters and high diffusion barriers. The present results can be useful to experimentalists aimed at synthesizing SACs based on MXenes. |
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