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SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 644, Issue -, Pages 1-12Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2015.08.024
Keywords
DFT; Pt-doped BNNT; CO oxidation; Reaction mechanism
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- Deanship of Scientific Research, Qassium University
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The catalytic oxidation of CO at Pt-doped BNNT (5,5) has been investigated theoretically using density functional theory. The electronic structures and thermochemical properties of CO and 02 that adsorbed on Pt embedded at the B- and N-vacancy sites of BNNTs are analyzed. It is demonstrated that the different BNNT substrates can modify the electronic structure of the Pt catalysts and cause different effects in the catalytic activities. With the N-vacancy (Pt-(N)-BNNT), the Pt behaves as a Lewis acid for accepting an electron from the substrate, thus 02 binds stronger than CO molecules, thus alleviating the CO poisoning of the platinum catalysts. Coadsorption of CO and O-2 on Pt-(N)-BNNT results in additional charge transfer to O-2 center dot CO oxidation proceeds via the Eley-Rideal (ER) mechanism entails lower activation barrier and higher reaction rate than that of Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) mechanism suggesting the superiority of the ER mechanism for CO oxidation at Pt-(N)-BNNT. Therefore, Pt-(N)-BNNT might be a good candidate for low-cost, highly active, and stable catalysts for CO oxidation. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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