• 文献标题:   Density functional theory analysis of selective adsorption of AsH3 on transition metal-doped graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI Y, SUN X, ZHOU LL, NING P, TANG LH
  • 作者关键词:   ash3 adsorption, dft theory, transition metal doping, graphene, selectivity
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING
  • ISSN:   1610-2940 EI 0948-5023
  • 通讯作者地址:   Kunming Univ Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1007/s00894-019-3991-x
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

The removal of AsH3 from synthesis gas is crucial to prevent methanol synthesis catalyst from poisoning. In this work, Ti-, Mn-, Fe-, Co-, Ni-, Cu-, and Ag-doped graphene were proposed and their adsorption capabilities for AsH3 and CO were investigated by DFT method. The optimized structures, adsorption energies, electron transfers, electron density difference, and density of states were thoroughly discussed. It was found that pristine graphene had a slight interaction with AsH3 or CO, while doping Ti, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Ag could greatly facilitate the AsH3 or CO adsorption with the adsorption energies of -0.95 to -1.45eV (AsH3) and-1.00 to 2.02eV (CO). The partial density of states (PDOS) results showed that hybridizations between AsH3 orbitals, CO orbitals, and transition metals orbitals indicate that there were chemical interactions between them. The charge transfer and density of states (DOS) plots showed that AsH3 and CO have the same adsorption modes on transition metals-doped graphene. Among seven transition metals-doped graphene, Ni-doped graphene had the best selectivity for AsH3 but not for CO due to its larger adsorption energy discrepancy between AsH3 and CO than that of other transition metals-doped graphene, suggesting that Ni-doped graphene is a good candidate adsorbent for AsH3 removal in CO gas stream.