Mode-Specific Chemisorption of CH4 on Pt{110}-(1 x 2) Explored by First-Principles Molecular Dynamics
Mode-Specific Chemisorption of CH4 on Pt{110}-(1 x 2) Explored by First-Principles Molecular Dynamics
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DOI:
10.1021/jp207746q
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发表时间:
2011-11-10
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Jenkins, S. J.
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作者:
Sacchi, M.;Wales, D. J.;Jenkins, S. J.
The chemisorption of CH4 on Pt{110}-(1 x 2) has been studied by vibrational analysis of the reaction pathway defined by the potential energy surface and, in time reversal, by first-principles molecular dynamics simulations of CH4 associative desorption, with the electronic structure treated explicitly using density functional theory. We find that the symmetric stretch vibration v(1) is strongly coupled to the reaction coordinate; our results therefore provide a firm theoretical basis for recently reported state-resolved reactivity measurements, which show that excitation of the v(1) normal mode is the most efficient, way to enhance the reaction. probability.