Temperature-dependent surface free energy and the Wulff shape of iron and iron carbide nanoparticles: A molecular dynamics study
Temperature-dependent surface free energy and the Wulff shape of iron and iron carbide nanoparticles: A molecular dynamics study
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铁和碳化铁纳米颗粒的温度依赖性表面自由能和武尔夫形状:分子动力学研究
DOI:
10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.144859
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发表时间:
2020-04
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Xiaodong Wen
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作者:
Mengjiao Xing;Amar-Deep Pathak;Suchismita Sanyal;Qing Peng;Xingchen Liu;Xiaodong Wen
The morphology change is crucial to the catalysis performance of catalyst nanoparticles in heterogeneous catalysis. Iron and iron carbide nanoparticles are used as high temperature heterogeneous catalyst, such as Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and carbon nanotube growth. Here we have investigated the effect of temperature and entropy on the surface free energy and morphology of the iron and iron carbide (θ-Fe3C, χ-Fe5C2, and o-Fe7C3) nanoparticles using molecular dynamics. The free energies of all the bulk and most of the surface systems drop following a parabolic curve with elevating temperature due to entropic effect. The nanoparticles are covered by low index surfaces at low temperature. At low temperature, the surface free energies of all surfaces usually decrease with a similar slope with increasing temperature. However, a critical temperature exists at which the high-index surfaces starts to dominate the catalyst particles. Fe7C3shows an unusual minimum surface free energy at 400 K in all the surfaces. This study provides fundamental insights into the modulation of iron-based nanocatalysts morphologies with desired catalytic performance.
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