Stability and Effects of Subsurface Oxygen in Oxide-Derived Cu Catalyst for CO 2 Reduction
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Oxide-derived copper (OD-Cu) catalysts are promising candidates for the electrochemical CO 2 reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) due to the enhanced selectivity toward ethylene over methane evolution, which has been linked to the presence of subsurface oxygen (O sb ). In this work, O sb is investigated with theoretical methods. Although O sb is unstable in slab models, it becomes stabilized within a “manually” reduced OD-Cu nanocube model which was calculated by self-consistent charge density functional tight binding (SCC-DFTB). The results obtained with SCC-DFTB for the full nanocube were confirmed with subcluster models extracted from the nanocube, calculated with both density functional theory (DFT) and SCC-DFTB. The higher stability of O sb in the nanocube is attributed to the disordered structure and greater flexibility. The adsorption strength of CO on Cu(100) is enhanced by O sb withdrawing electron density from the Cu atom, resulting in reduction of the σ-repulsion. Hence, the coverage of CO may be increased, facilitating its dimerization.
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- Authors
- Liu, C., Lourenço, M. P., Hedström, S., Cavalca, F., Diaz-Morales, O., Duarte, H. A., Nilsson, A., & Pettersson, L. G. M.
- Affiliations
- Stockholm University (SE)
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- Corresponding author
- Pettersson, Lars G. M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2017-10-31
- Volume
- 121
- Issue
- 45
- Pages
- 25010-25017
- ISSN
- 1932-7447 (ISSN-L)
- 1932-7455
- OpenAlex
- W2763356727
- Cited by
- 112
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- 62
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- 3.52
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Swedish Research Links (348-2013-6723)
- Knut and Wallenberg Foundation (KAW-2013.0020)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Catalysis › Catalysts for Methane Reforming
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Keywords
- oxide-derived copper, electrochemical CO2 reduction, subsurface oxygen, ethylene selectivity, Cu(100) surface, CO adsorption, CO dimerization, SCC-DFTB, surface stability
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