The Reactions of Carbon Monoxide Catalytic Oxidation on Ti and Zr-embedded Graphene, a DFT Study

Authors

  • Jiawe JIANG Suzhou University of Science and Technology
  • Fengming XIE
  • Jiyu TANG
  • Jis LU
  • Guoliang DAI
  • Gangling CHEN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.25.2.19437

Keywords:

DFT, NBO, titanium, zirconium, graphene

Abstract

Density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been performed to explore the mechanistic aspects of the catalytic oxidation of CO over Ti and Zr-embedded graphene. The present results show that the title reactions start with the activation of an oxygen molecule as: O2 → O2act. The CO oxidation over the catalyst surface proceeds through the following elementary steps: (a) O2act + CO → CO2 + Oads; (b) Oads + CO → CO2. Both the Ti and Zr-embedded graphene show good catalytic activity toward the CO oxidation via the ER mechanism with a three-step route. The present results may be helpful in understanding the mechanism of CO oxidation over metal-decorated graphene and further experimental design of low-cost catalyst in CO emission.

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Published

2019-03-15

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 2 (2019)

Section

ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL MATERIALS

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