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- Li, Jibiao, et al.
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Chemical Bonding of Unique CO on Fe(100)
- 2018
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Ingår i: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1932-7447 .- 1932-7455. ; 122:16, s. 9062-9074
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- At low coverage, CO molecules are known to preferentially occupy the hollow sites of Fe(100) with considerably inclined molecular orientations. This CO configuration serves as the precursor state of CO dissociation, which is particularly important in several important catalytic reactions. In this study, we present a unique bonding picture of the precursor state from the spin, charge, and orbital perspectives. From the spin and orbital views, we show the antiferromagenetic nature of the adsorbate-metal coupling, where 2 pi magnetism prevails with a dominant spin-down channel. However, contrasting tendencies are found for the two 1 pi orbitals in two orthogonal directions: the 1 pi orbital in the vertical plane loses its symmetry, whereas the other 1 pi orbital remains intact with a preserved symmetry. The 1 pi symmetry in the vertical plane favors the 1 pi -> 2 pi* excitation mechanism owing to the partial opening up of the 1 pi symmetry. In the charge perspective, we have identified a charge transfer mechanism involving the local structural Fe-I(C)-C-O motif, in which the surface slightly charges the adsorbate with additional partial electrons located at the surface Fe atoms bonded to the carbon end, whereas the charges of the metallic atoms beneath the Fe-I(C)-C-O motif are found to be depleted. In both the adsorbate and metal sides, the depletion of s electrons serves as a good measure of orbital repulsion and delocalization. Interestingly, the carbon and oxygen ends exhibit contrasting electron affinity with the metal surface: the carbon end is attractive, whereas the oxygen end is repulsive in terms of the contrasting charge rearrangement in the bonded metallic atoms.
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- Banerjee, Amitava, et al.
(författare)
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Identifying the tuning key of disproportionation redox reaction in terephthalate : A Li-based anode for sustainable organic batteries
- 2018
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Ingår i: Nano Energy. - : Elsevier BV. - 2211-2855 .- 2211-3282. ; 47, s. 301-308
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The ever-increasing consumption of energy storage devices has pushed the scientific community to realize strategies toward organic electrodes with superior properties. This is owed to advantages such as economic viability and eco-friendliness. In this context, the family of conjugated dicarboxylates has emerged as an interesting candidate for the application as negative electrodes in advanced Li-ion batteries due to the revealed thermal stability, rate capability, high capacity and high cyclability. This work aims to rationalize the effects of small molecular modifications on the electrochemical properties of the terephthalate anode by means of first principles calculations. The crystal structure prediction of the investigated host compounds dilithium terephthalate (Li2TP) and diethyl terephthalate (Et2Li0TP) together with their crystal modification upon battery cycling enable us to calculate the potential profile of these materials. Distinct underlying mechanisms of the redox reactions were obtained where Li2TP comes with a disproportionation reaction while Et2Li0TP displays sequential redox reactions. This effect proved to be strongly correlated to the Li coordination number evolution upon the Li insertion into the host structures. Finally, the calculations of sublimation enthalpy inferred that polymerization techniques could easily be employed in Et2Li0TP as compared to Li2TP. Similar results are observed with methyl, propyl, and vinyl capped groups. That could be a strategy to enhance the properties of this compound placing it into the gallery of the new anode materials for state of art Li-batteries.
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- Nair, Akhil S., et al.
(författare)
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Unraveling the single-atom electrocatalytic activity of transition metal-doped phosphorene
- 2020
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Ingår i: Nanoscale Advances. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 2516-0230. ; 2:6, s. 2410-2421
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The development of single-atom catalysts (SACs) for chemical reactions of vital importance in the renewable energy sector has emerged as an urgent priority. In this perspective, transition metal-based SACs with monolayer phosphorous (phosphorene) as the supporting material are scrutinized for their electrocatalytic activity towards the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) from first-principle calculations. The detailed screening study has confirmed a breaking of the scaling relationship between the ORR/OER intermediates, resulting in various activity trends across the transition metal series. Groups 9 and 10 transition metal-based SACs are identified as potential catalyst candidates with the platinum single atom offering bifunctional activity for OER and HER with diminished overpotentials. Ambient condition stability analysis of SACs confirmed a different extent of interaction towards oxygen and water compared to pristine phosphorene, suggesting room for improving the stability of phosphoreneviachemical functionalization.
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- Singh, Deobrat, et al.
(författare)
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Carbon-phosphide monolayer with high carrier mobility and perceptible: I - V response for superior gas sensing
- 2020
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Ingår i: New Journal of Chemistry. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 1369-9261 .- 1144-0546. ; 44:9, s. 3777-3785
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Monolayered carbon phosphide (CP), with semi-metallic electrical conductivity and graphene-like Dirac cone responses, has attracted significant attention from the advanced nanoelectronics community, for use in gas sensing devices. The CP monolayer exhibits semi-metallic behavior in the x-direction and semi-conducting behavior in the y-direction. With the presence of graphene-like Dirac cones, it holds highly anisotropic carrier mobility characteristics. Here, we introduce the first-principle theoretical calculations for understanding the adsorption mechanism of different gas molecules-CO, CO2, NH3, NO and NO2-on the monolayer for electronic sensing devices. The binding strengths of these gas molecules adsorbed on the CP layer are much stronger than for other reported two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, blue phosphorene, germanene, etc. Additionally, the charge transfer analysis also supported an enhanced binding strength due to the sufficient amount of charge sharing between the CP monolayer and gas molecules. We further present an extensive study about the transport properties of CP monolayer sensor devices with electrodes made out of identical materials. The transmission characteristics, the density of states, and I-V response are supported by analysis of the charge distribution of the CP monolayer upon adsorption of CO, CO2, NH3, NO and NO2. Molecules have been calculated using density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green's function. The presented theoretical investigations reveal that the CP monolayer-based device exhibits improved characteristics and could be the foundation towards constructing highly sensitive nanosensor devices.
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- Singh, Deobrat, et al.
(författare)
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Van der Waals induced molecular recognition of canonical DNA nucleobases on a 2D GaS monolayer
- 2020
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Ingår i: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP. - : ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY. - 1463-9076 .- 1463-9084. ; 22:12, s. 6706-6715
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the present study, we systematically investigated the adsorption mechanism of canonical DNA nucleobases and their two nucleobase pairs on a single-layer gallium sulfide (GaS) substrate using DFT+D3 methods. The GaS substrate has chemical interactions with molecules 0.02 |e| 0.11 |e| from molecules to the monolayer GaS surface. Due to the chemical interactions of adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine on the monolayer GaS surface, the work function is decreased by 0.69, 0.60, 0.97, and 0.20 eV, respectively. It is displayed that the bandgap of the monolayer GaS sheet can be significantly affected as induced molecular electronic states tend to appear near the Fermi level region due to chemical and physisorption mechanism. We have also investigated the transport properties of DNA nucleobases, namely, AT and GC pair molecules on the GaS surface, which shows significant reduction in the zero-bias transmission spectra. Moreover, with and without DNA nucleobases, namely, AT and GC pair molecules' absorptions on the GaS surface, clearly expressed in terms of distinct current signals, can be observed as ON and OFF states for this device. The distinctive nucleobase adsorption energies and different I-V responses may serve as potential probes for the selective detection of nucleobase molecules in imminent DNA sequencing applications based on a monolayer GaS surface.
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- Zhao, Xiaofeng, et al.
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Strain-Engineered Metal-Free h-B2O Monolayer as a Mechanocatalyst for Photocatalysis and Improved Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
- 2020
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Ingår i: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. - : AMER CHEMICAL SOC. - 1932-7447 .- 1932-7455. ; 124:14, s. 7884-7892
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Developing stable metal-free materials with a highly efficient hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) has received intense research interest due to its renewable and environmentally friendly properties. In this work, we systematically investigated the HER catalytic activity of a new h-B2O monolayer based on first-principles calculations. The results show the B site in the h-B2O structure is energetically favorable for hydrogen with the calculated Gibbs free energy (Delta G(H*)) of -0.07 eV, which is comparable to that of the Pt catalyst (Delta G(H*)) = -0.09 eV). Moreover, the catalytic activity of the h-B2O monolayer is quite robust with increasing hydrogen coverages (from 1/9 to 9/9). Interestingly, the HER activity of the h-B2O monolayer is sensitive to the strains-driven. For example, applied tensile strains (0-2%) could weaken the bonding between hydrogen and the substrate, resulting in Delta G(H*) even close to 0 eV. However, the opposite trend is found for applied compressive strain. After analyzing the density of states (DOS), we found the h-B2O monolayer with absorbed hydrogen retains the metallic property, still exhibiting excellent electrical conductivity. These results reveal that the metal-free h-B2O monolayer is a promising candidate for HER applications.
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- Singh, Deobrat, et al.
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Harnessing the unique properties of MXenes for advanced rechargeable batteries
- 2021
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Ingår i: JPhys Energy. - : IOP Publishing. - 2515-7655. ; 3:1
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years, two-dimensional MXenes have been emerged as potential electrode materials for rechargeable batteries due to their unique properties such as exceptional safety, significant interlayer spacing, environmental flexibility, large surface area, high electrical conductivity, and excellent thermal stability. This review examined all of the recent advances in the field of MXenes and their composites (hybrid structures), which are found to be useful for the electrochemical applications of advanced rechargeable batteries. The main focus of this review is on metal-ion batteries and lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. It is intended to show that the combination of recent improvements in the synthesis and characterization, greater control of the interlayer distance, and new MXene composites, together serve as an emerging and potential way for energy storage applications.
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- Nair, Akhil S., et al.
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Relativistic Effects in Platinum Nanocluster Catalysis : A Statistical Ensemble-Based Analysis
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Physical Chemistry A. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1089-5639 .- 1520-5215. ; 126:8, s. 1345-1359
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Nanoclusters are materials of paramount catalytic importance. Among various unique properties featured by nanoclusters, a pronounced relativistic effect can be a decisive parameter in governing their catalytic activity. A concise study delineating the role of relativistic effects in nanocluster catalysis is carried by investigating the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity of a Pt-7 subnanometer cluster. Global optimization analysis shows the critical role of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) in regulating the relative stability between structural isomers of the cluster. An overall improved ORR adsorption energetics and differently scaled adsorption-induced structural changes are identified with SOC compared to a non-SOC scenario. Ab initio atomistic thermodynamics analysis predicted nearly identical phase diagrams with significant structural differences for high coverage oxygenated clusters under realistic conditions. Though inclusion of SOC does not bring about drastic changes in the overall catalytic activity of the cluster, it is having a crucial role in governing the rate-determining step, transition-state configuration, and energetics of elementary reaction pathways. Furthermore, a statistical ensemble-based approach illustrates the strong contribution of low-energy local minimum structural isomers to the total ORR activity, which is significantly scaled up along the activity improving direction within the SOC framework. The study provides critical insights toward the importance of relativistic effects in determining various catalytic activity relevant features of nanoclusters.
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- Singh, Deobrat, et al.
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Stability of and conduction in single-walled Si2BN nanotubes
- 2022
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Ingår i: Physical Review Materials. - : American Physical Society. - 2475-9953. ; 6:11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We explore the possibility and potential benefit of rolling a Si2BN sheet into single-walled nanotubes (NTs). Using density functional theory (DFT), we consider both structural stability and the impact on the nature of chemical bonding and conduction. The structure is similar to carbon NTs and hexagonal boron-nitride (hBN) NTs and we consider both armchair and zigzag Si2BN configurations with varying diameters. The stability of these Si2BN NTs is confirmed by first-principles molecular dynamics calculations, by exothermal formation, an absence of imaginary modes in the phonon spectra. Also, we find the nature of conduction varies from semiconducting over semimetallic to metallic, reflecting differences in armchair/zigzag-type structures, curvature effects, and the effect of quantum confinement. We present a detailed characterization of how these properties lead to differences in both the bonding nature and electronic structures.
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- Singh, Deobrat, et al.
(författare)
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Theoretical Prediction of a Bi-Doped beta-Antimonene Monolayer as a Highly Efficient Photocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Overall Water Splitting
- 2021
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Ingår i: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1944-8244 .- 1944-8252. ; 13:47, s. 56254-56264
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The photo-/electrocatalysts with high activities for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are of significance for the advancement of photo-/electrochemical energy systems such as solar energy to resolve the global energy crisis, reversible water electrolyzers, metal-air batteries, and fuel cells. In the present work, we have systematically investigated the photochemical performance of the 2D beta-antimonene (beta-Sb) monolayer. From density functional theory investigations, beta-Sb with single-atom doping possesses a trifunctional photocatalyst with high energetics and thermal stabilities. In particular, it is predicted that the performance of the HER activity of beta-Sb will be superior to most of the 2D materials. Specifically, beta-Sb with single atom replacement has even superior that the reference catalysts IrO2(110) and Pt(111) with relatively low overpotential values for ORR and OER mechanisms. The superior catalytic performance of beta-Sb has been described by its electronic structures, charge transfer mechanism, and suitable valence and conduction band edge positions versus normal hydrogen electrode. Meanwhile, the low overpotential of multifunctional photocatalysts of the Bi@beta-Sb monolayer makes them show a remarkable performance in overall water splitting (0.06 V for HER, 0.25 V for OER, and 0.31 V for ORR). In general, the Bi@beta-Sb monolayer may be an excellent trifunctional catalyst that exhibits high activity toward all electrode reactions of hydrogen and oxygen.
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