Journal
SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY
Volume 58, Issue 4, Pages 601-606Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-015-5336-7
Keywords
cerium dioxide; Cl substitution; DFT plus U; O-2 adsorption; CO oxidation
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB808505]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21322307, 21421004]
- Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
- Shanghai Education Development Foundation [13SG30]
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Cl-containing cerium dioxide (CeO2) catalysts have been found to exhibit unique catalytic activities. In the present work, using density functional theory calculations with the inclusion of on-site Coulomb correction, we systematically studied the effect of Cl on the physicochemical properties of CeO2 surfaces by substituting one subsurface O with Cl. The calculated results show that substituting an O atom with a Cl atom results in structural distortion and the reduction of one surface Ce4+ cation to Ce3+. The protruding Ce3+ cation greatly improves the adsorption energy of O-2 to produce an active O-2 (-) species, and maintains the catalytic oxidation cycle of CO on CeO2(110). These results may help us obtain a better understanding of Cl-ceria interacting systems and provide some guidance for the design of effective CeO2-based catalysts.
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