1. Theoretical Study on the Mechanism of CO* Electrochemical Reduction on Cu(111) under Constant Potential.
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Mei, Shange and Liang, Wanzhen
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ELECTROLYTIC reduction , *COPPER , *CHARGE transfer , *CARBON monoxide , *SOLVENTS - Abstract
In order to understand the mechanism of the electrochemical reduction of CO* on Cu(111), which competitively generates two intermediates, CHO* and COH*, we performed a first principles calculation on these two electrocatalytic reactions, including the solvent effect and imposing a constant potential. The transition states of the two reactions under constant potential conditions were located by the electrochemical nudged elastic band (eNEB) method and the charge effect in the two reactions was elucidated by charge correction in the constant potential model and Bader charge analysis. It was found that the two reactions have different potential dependencies and involve different degrees of partial charge transfer. In addition, we confirmed that the COH* reaction pathway exists only in a certain potential range when using the implicit solvent model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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