DFT Study of CO2 Adsorption and Hydrogenation on the In2O3 Surface
DFT Study of CO2 Adsorption and Hydrogenation on the In2O3 Surface
复制标题
DOI:
10.1021/jp3004773
复制
发表时间:
2012-03
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Jingyun Ye;Chang‐jun Liu;Q. Ge
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Jingyun Ye;Chang‐jun Liu;Q. Ge
Catalytic conversion of CO2 to liquid fuels or valuable chemicals is an attractive alternative to geological sequestration. In the present study, we applied density functional theory slab calculations in the investigation of the adsorption and hydrogenation of CO2 on the (110) surface of In2O3. Our results indicate that the adsorbed CO2 is activated, forming a surface carbonate species by combining with surface oxygen, and has an adsorption energy of −1.25 eV. Heterolytic dissociative adsorption of H2 results in a surface hydroxyl from H binding the surface O site and a hydride from H binding the In site. The migration of H from the In site to the neighboring O site is energetically favorable but has a significant activation barrier of 1.32 eV. Water may adsorb on the surface either molecularly or dissociatively, with adsorption energy of −0.83 eV and −1.19 eV, respectively. Starting from CO2 coadsorbed with the H adatoms on the In2O3 surface, we examined two possible conversion pathways for CO2: (a) CO2 ...