Ab initio investigation of quantum size effects on the adsorption of CO2, CO, H2O, and H2 on transition-metal particles

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (16) ◽  
pp. 8998-9008
Author(s):  
Paulo C. D. Mendes ◽  
Vivianne K. Ocampo-Restrepo ◽  
Juarez L. F. Da Silva

Adsorption is a crucial preliminary step for the conversion of CO2, then the atomistic understanding of how substrate particle size affects this step could be a key factor to control the catalytic transformations of CO2 into higher-value products.

Author(s):  
Karla Furtado Andriani ◽  
Priscilla Felício Sousa ◽  
Felipe Orlando Morais ◽  
Juarez L. F. Da Silva

In this work, we report a theoretical investigation of the role of quantum-size effects (QSE) on the dehydrogenation of methane (CH4) on 3d transition-metal clusters, TMn , where TM =...


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