通过对电极/电解质动学的 Ab Initio 模拟,增强对 Pt 的氧化反应的理解
Ling Liu1, Yuyang Liu1, Chungen Liu1
1Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of the Ministry of Education (MOE), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|March 5, 2020
概括
在性介质中研究氧化和演化反应显示,表面离子 (OH-) 是关键,而不是表面离子 (OH*). 加快Tafel步骤可以减少性进化/氧化反应的过度潜力.
科学领域:
- 电化学
- 表面科学
- 计算化学
背景情况:
- 氧化反应 (HOR) 和演化反应 (HER) 对能量转化至关重要.
- 性介质中的缓慢动力学和表面 (OH*) 的作用仍在争论中.
- 了解反应机制对于开发高效的催化剂至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在性介质中阐明HOR和HER的机制.
- 澄清表面基物种在这些反应中的作用.
- 确定在性条件下减少过量潜力的策略.
主要方法:
- 密度函数理论 (DFT) 的计算,以获得潜在依赖的自由能量概况.
- 在整个pH范围内对HER/HOR极化曲线进行过渡动力学模拟.
- 对具有不同金属OH*结合能量的模型系统进行分析.
主要成果:
- 在pH范围内的模拟准确地复制了Pt{\displaystyle Pt{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} }{\mathrm {P} } }
- 通过基离子 (OH-) 的路径主导着HOR电流,而不是表面基离子 (OH*).
- 性HER/HOR动力学由塔菲尔和沃尔默步骤共同控制,而酸性条件仅由塔菲尔步骤控制.
结论:
- 表面基 (OH*) 不太可能是HOR的有效活性描述剂.
- 在性条件下增加的沃尔默屏障有助于缓慢的运动.
- 加快Tafel步骤提供了一种可行的策略,以减少性HER/HOR的过度潜力.
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