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Abstract: Spin-polarized density functional theory calculations were performed to investigate CO dissociation on clean and hydrogen precovered Fe(111) at 1/3 monolayer coverage. On clean Fe(111), the adsorbed CO first diffuses from the shallow-hollow site to the bridge-like site by elevating 0.20 eV in energy, and then dissociates into C and O atoms by overcoming a barrier of 1.53 eV. Interestingly, the CO dissociation process is accelerated in the presence of H2 via intermediate CHOads (COads + 2Hads → CHOads + Hads → CHads + Oads + Hads). This stepwise path is kinetically more favored with the lowest barrier of 1.17 eV. In contrast, the previously suggested paths, COads + 2Hads → Cads + Oads + 2Hads and COads + 2Hads → Cads + OHads + Hads, are not competitive due to higher barriers (1.76 and 1.79 eV, respectively). The activity of different low-index Fe surfaces toward CO is also compared. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

High coverage hydrogen adsorption on twenty two terminations of orthorhombic Mo2C has been systematically studied by using density functional theory and ab initio thermodynamics. Hydrogen stable coverage on the surfaces highly depends on temperatures and H2 partial pressure. The estimated hydrogen desorption temperatures under ultra-high vacuum condition on Mo2C are in reasonable agreement with the available temperature-programmed desorption data. Obviously, hydrogen adsorption can affect the surface stability and therefore modify the surface morphology of Mo2C. Upon increasing the chemical potential of hydrogen which can be achieved by increasing the H2 partial pressure and/or decreasing the temperature, the proportions of the (001), (010), (011) and (100) surfaces increase, while those of the (101), (110) and (111) surfaces decrease. Among these surfaces, the (100) surface is most sensitive upon hydrogen adsorption and the (111) surface is most exposed under a wide range of conditions. Our study clearly reveals the role of hydrogen on the morphology of orthorhombic Mo2C catalyst in conjugation with hydro-treating activity. Graphical abstractImage 1Highlights· Coverage dependent H2 adsorption on Mo2C surfaces is systematically calculated. · Hydrogen adsorption is essential in forming active Mo2C catalyst. · (111) is the most exposed Mo2C surface and (100) is the most sensitive to condition. · Hydrogen desorption temperatures on Mo2C can be reasonably predicted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Hydrogen adsorption on the Fetet1- and Feoct2-terminated Fe3O4(111) surfaces has been computed at the level of density functional theory. At 2/5 monolayer (ML), the most favored hydrogen adsorption on the Fetet1-terminated surface is homolytic and dissociative on surface O atoms, while other adsorption modes become possible at higher coverages. On the Feoct2-terminated surface at 1/3 ML, hydrogen prefers to adsorb heterolytically and dissociatively on surface Fe and O atoms, while other adsorption modes become in close energy at 2/3 and 1 ML. The Fetet1-terminated surface is more favored than the Feoct2-terminated surface for hydrogen adsorption. The adsorption mechanism has been analyzed on the basis of the calculated local density of state. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Spin-polarized density functional theory has been used to characterize hydrogen adsorption on the Fe3C(100), Fe3C(001) and Fe3C(010) surfaces. It is found that hydrogen adsorbs dissociatively on the three surfaces. On the Fe3C(100) surface, the most stable surface species is CH at 1/3 or 2/3 monolayer, and CH4 at 1 monolayer; in contrast on the Fe3C(001) surface the most stable surface intermediates are 3-fold H at 1/3 monolayer, and CH at 2/3 monolayer, and CH4 at 1 monolayer. On the metallic Fe3C(010) surface, hydrogen adsorbs at 2-fold or 3-fold sites. The computed energetic order of hydrogen adsorption is Fe3C(100)>Fe3C(010)>Fe3C(001), and this differs from that of CO adsorption (Fe3C(010)>Fe3C(100)>Fe3C(001)). [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Reaction pathways of CO2 reforming of CH4 on Ni(111) were investigated by using density functional theory calculation. The computed kinetic parameters agree with the available experimental data, and a new and simplified mechanism was proposed on the basis of computed energy barriers. The first step is CO2 dissociation into surface CO and O (CO2 →CO+O) and CH4 sequentially dissociation into surface CH and H (CH4 →CH3 →CH2 →CH). The second step is CH oxygenation into CHO (CH+O→CHO), which is more favored than its dissociation into C and hydrogen (CH→C+H). The third step is the dissociation of CHO into surface CO and H (CHO→CO+H). Finally, H2 and CO desorb from Ni(111) and form free H2 and CO. The rate-determining step is the CH4 dissociative adsorption, and the key intermediate is surface adsorbed CHO. Parameters, which might modify the proposed mechanism, have been analyzed. In addition, the formation, deposition and elimination of surface carbon have been discussed accordingly. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

• Coverage dependent hydrogen adsorption on Ir(111), Ir(100) and Ir(110) surfaces. • Change of adsorption site on Ir(100) from low to high coverage. • Surface dependent repulsive interaction on Ir(111). • Surface dependent attractive interaction on Ir(100) and Ir(110). • Regular line-shaped adsorption structures were found on Ir(100) and Ir(110). Hydrogen adsorption on the perfect Ir(111) as well as the metastable and unreconstructed Ir(100) and Ir(110) surfaces up to saturation coverage has been systematically computed using periodic density functional theory and ab initio atomistic thermodynamics for understanding the interaction mechanism of hydrogen on iridium surfaces. On the Ir(111) surface including van der Waals dispersion, hydrogen adsorption prefers the threefold hollow sites at low coverage and the top sites at high coverage; in agreement with the experiments (Phys. Rev. B 60 (1999) 14016). The computed adsorption energy and desorption temperature of hydrogen agree with the experiments [−0.57 (fcc-3H) and −0.53 (hcp-3H) vs. −0.55 eV; 180 and 325 K vs. 190 and 310 K, respectively]. On the Ir (100) surface, the bridge adsorption sites are preferred in the whole coverage range, in agreement with the LEED pattern (Phys. Rev. B 73 (2006) 75430), however, adsorption energy and desorption temperature are slightly overestimated by including van der Waals dispersion (−1.50 vs. −1.02 ± 0.15 eV; 470 vs. 425 – 389 K). On the Ir(110) surface, short-bridge sites are preferred at low coverage and the top sites become dominant at high coverage, and the calculated desorption temperatures are close to experiments by including van der Waals dispersion (210 and 365 K vs. 220 and 375 K). At low coverage, the different configurations of hydrogen adsorption on the Ir(111) have the similar energies, indicating their negligible repulsive interaction, while the Ir(100) and Ir(110) surfaces prefer regular line-shape adsorption configurations due to attractive interaction, and such adsorption configurations have not been observed experimentally. Our results show that differences in adsorption configurations and energies are associated with their differences in surface structures, and in turn explain the need of different methods in computing the adsorption properties on different surfaces. Such surface-dependent properties should also be possible on other metal surfaces. Image, graphical abstract [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]