• 文献标题:   A theoretical simulation on the catalytic oxidation of CO on Pt/graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TANG YA, YANG ZX, DAI XQ
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1463-9076 EI 1463-9084
  • 通讯作者地址:   Henan Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   204
  • DOI:   10.1039/c2cp41441d
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

The catalytic oxidation of CO on Pt/X-graphene (X = "pri" for pristine-or "SV" for defective-graphene with a single vacancy) is investigated using the first-principles method based on density functional theory. In contrast to a Pt atom on pristine graphene, a vacancy defect in graphene strongly stabilizes a single Pt adatom and makes the Pt adatom more positively charged, which helps to weaken the CO adsorption and facilitates the O-2 adsorption, thus enhancing the activity for CO oxidation and alleviating the CO poisoning of the platinum catalysts. The CO oxidation reaction on Pt/SV-graphene has a low energy barrier (0.58 eV) by the Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) reaction (CO + O-2 -> OOCO -> CO2 + O-ads) which is followed by the Eley-Rideal (ER) reaction with an energy barrier of 0.59 eV (CO + O-ads -> CO2). The results validate the reactivity of catalysts on the atomic-scale and initiate a clue for fabricating carbon-based catalysts with low cost and high activity.