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- Title
Elucidation of Pathways for NO Electroreduction on Pt(111) from First Principles.
- Authors
Clayborne, Andre; Hee-Joon Chun; Rankin, Rees B.; Greeley, Jeff
- Abstract
The mechanism of nitric oxide electroreduction on Pt(111) is investigated using a combination of first principles calculations and electrokinetic rate theories. Barriers for chemical cleavage of N-O bonds on Pt(111) are found to be inaccessibly high at room temperature, implying that explicit electrochemical steps, along with the aqueous environment, play important roles in the experimentally observed formation of ammonia. Use of explicit water models, and associated determination of potential-dependent barriers based on Bulter-Volmer kinetics, demonstrate that ammonia is produced through a series of water-assisted protonation and bond dissociation steps at modest voltages (<0.3 V). In addition, the analysis sheds light on the poorly understood formation mechanism of nitrous oxide (N2O) at higher potentials, which suggests that N2O is not produced through a Langmuir- Hinshelwood mechanism; rather, its formation is facilitated through an Eley-Rideal-type process.
- Subjects
NITRIC oxide; ELECTROLYTIC reduction; ELECTROKINETICS; PROTON transfer reactions; NITROUS oxide; CHEMICAL bonds
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2015, Vol 127, Issue 28, p8373
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/anie.201502104