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Single Pt atom stabilized on nitrogen doped graphene: CO oxidation readily occurs via the tri-molecular Eley-Rideal
Xilin Zhang1, Zhansheng Lu, Guoliang Xu
1College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China. zslu@henannu.edu.cn yzx@henannu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Single-atom catalysts, especially with single Pt atoms, have attracted more and more attention due to their high catalytic activity for CO oxidation. The outstanding stability and catalytic activity of a single Pt atom supported on nitrogen doped graphene (Pt/NG) are revealed using first-principles calculations. We find that the stability of a Pt atom on the NG can be promoted by picking an appropriate doping configuration. The exceptionally stable Pt/NG catalyst exhibits excellent catalytic activity for CO oxidation via a new tri-molecular Eley-Rideal mechanism (2CO + O2 → OCO-OCO → 2CO2) with an energy barrier of 0.16 eV for the rate-limiting step of OCO-OCO dissociation, which is more preferable than the other two normal Langmuir-Hinshelwood and Eley-Rideal mechanisms.
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