Journal
SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 718, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2021.122009
Keywords
SnO2; Tin dioxide; Doping; Formic acid decomposition; Dehydrogenation; Decarboxylation; DFT
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- Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR) through the PRIN Project [20179337R7]
- Dipartimenti di Eccellenza-2017 Materials for Energy
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This work investigates the effect of iso-valent dopants on the chemical reactivity of the SnO2 (110) surface. The results show that surface or sub-surface sites are preferred over bulk ones. It is found that SnO2 exhibits higher reactivity in all reaction steps of formic acid decomposition compared to rutile TiO2 (110) with the same structure and morphology.
In the present work, we have studied the effect of iso-valent dopants on the chemical reactivity of the stoi-chiometric SnO2 (110) surface. Si, Ge, Pb, Ti, Zr, Hf, and Ce ions have been placed at the Sn lattice sites (sub-stitutional doping) in bulk, sub-surface, and surface positions. The results show that surface or sub-surface sites are clearly preferred over the bulk ones. Next, we studied the effect of the iso-valent dopants on the adsorption and decomposition reaction of HCOOH molecule. On this basis, four paths with desorption of: (a) H-2, (b) CO, (c) H2O, or (d) CO2 can occur. Comparing the results of this decomposition reaction on the SnO2 surface with the same process on rutile TiO2 (110) having the same structure and morphology, reveals that SnO2 is considerably more reactive in all reaction steps of the formic acid decomposition.
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