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The adsorption and desorption behaviors of ammonia on TaC(0001) surface are studied by employing spin-polarized density function theory calculations. The surface energy calculation results show that the TaC (0001) terminating with Ta is the most stable surface. According to the optimized structural and energetic properties, it is found that NH3 prefers to adsorb on the top site, whereas NH2, H prefer to adsorb on the triple hcp site and NH, N prefer to stay on the triple fcc site. In addition, three transition states are found for analyzing the mechanism of dehydrogenation of NH3, and the N recombination reaction is also considered. The results show that the desorption of nitrogen atoms is the rate-determining step in the overall reaction. Finally, in order to further elucidate the mechanism of NH3 adsorption and dissociation on the surface of Ta-TaC, the electronic structure of the most stable adsorption position is analyzed from the perspective of charge density distribution and electron density of states. The results of electronic structure calculation show that NH3 molecule is adsorbed on the surface through the mixture of 2pz orbital of N atom and
$ 5{\rm d}_{z^2} $ orbital of substrate Ta. With the progress of dehydrogenation, the charge transfer phenomenon becomes more and more serious. The charge transfer between adsorbate and substrate plays an important role in accelerating NH3 dehydrogenation catalytic process.-
Keywords:
- density functional theory /
- ammonia /
- TaC /
- adsorption
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图 1 TaC(0001)的表面能(
$ {\sigma }_{\mathrm{s}} $ )与化学势之间的关系Figure 1. Relationships between surface energies of two TaC (0001) surfaces and chemical potentials.
图 2 Ta-TaC表面的俯/侧视图及吸附位点
Figure 2. Side view of Ta-TaC and adsorption site.
图 3 (a)(b) NH3和 (c)(d) N2的两种吸附构型
Figure 3. Two adsorption configurations of (a)(b) NH3 and (c)(d) N2.
图 4 NH3脱氢和复合反应的初态、过渡态和终态结构
Figure 4. Structure of initial state, transition state and final state of NH3 dehydrogenation and recombination reaction.
图 5 (a) NH3分解反应和 (b) N-N复合反应的能量图
Figure 5. Calculated potential energy diagram for (a) NH3 dehydrogenation and (b) N-N coupling reaction.
图 6 (a) NH3, (b) NH2, (c) NH, (d) N在Ta-TaC表面的差分电荷密度示意图和Bader电荷分析
Figure 6. Schematic diagram of differential charge density of (a) NH3, (b) NH2, (c) NH, (d) N on the surface of Ta-TaC and Bader charge analysis.
图 7 (a) 吸附前NH3, (b) 吸附后NH3, (c) NH2, (d) NH, (e) N吸附于Ta-TaC表面态密度分布, 虚线代表费米能级
Figure 7. Local density of states (LDOS) for NH3 dehydrogenation: (a) NH3 before interaction, (b) NH3 after interaction, (c) NH2, (d) NH, (e) N The dashed line represents the Fermi level.
表 1 Ta-TaC表面的吸附位点、吸附能和关键几何参数
Table 1. Adsorption site, adsorption energy and key geometric parameters of Ta-TaC surface.
Species Sites Eads/eV d (N—Ta) d (N—H) θ(H—N—H) NH3 top 0.08 2.354 1.027 108.1 NH2 hcp –3.6 2.221 1.036 102.8 NH fcc –6.49 2.140 1.026 — N fcc –9.79 2.030 — — H hcp –1.1 — — — v-N2 top –0.37 2.157 — — 
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表 2 各步基元反应的活化能、虚频和反应热
Table 2. The activation energy、imaginary frequency and reaction heat of each step elementary reaction.
reaction $ \Delta E $/eV $ \Delta H $/eV Freq./cm–1 $ {\rm{ N}}{{\text{H}}_3} \to {\rm{ N}}{{\text{H}}_{2}}+{\text{H}} $ 0.93 –2.10 1154 $ {\rm{ N}}{{\text{H}}_2} \to {\text{NH}}+{\text{H}} $ 1.02 –1.78 502 $ {\text{NH}} \to {\text{N}} + {\text{H}} $ 2.03 –0.27 1405 $ {\text{N}} + {\text{N}} \to {{\rm{ N}}_2} $ 5.32 2.89 136
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[1] Hansgen D A, Vlachos D G, Chen J G G 2010 Nat. Chem. 2 484
Google Scholar
[2] Lee Y J, Lee Y S, Cha J Y, et al. 2020 Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 45 19181
Google Scholar
[3] Kirste K G, McAulay K, Bell T E, et al. 2021 Appl. Catal. B 280 119405
Google Scholar
[4] Li L, Chu W, Ding C, Xi X G, Jiang R Y, Yan J L 2017 Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 42 30630
Google Scholar
[5] Cui X Z, Li H, Guo L M, He D N, Chen H, Shi J L 2008 Dalton Trans. 6435
[6] Pansare S S, Torres W, Goodwin J G 2007 Catal. Commun. 8 649
Google Scholar
[7] Choi J G 1999 J. Catal. 182 104
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[8] Zheng W Q, Cotter T P, Kaghazchi P, et al. 2013 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135 3458
Google Scholar
[9] Choi J G 2013 J. Porous Mater. 20 1059
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[10] Choi J G 1999 Appl. Catal. A 184 189
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[11] Yi W, Tang G, Chen X, Yang B, Liu X 2020 Comput. Phys. Commun. 257 107535
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[12] Hsiao M K, Su C H, Liu C Y, Chen H L 2015 Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17 30598
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[13] 马淳安, 刘婷, 陈丽涛 2010 物理化学学报 26 155
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Ma C A, Liu T, Chen L T 2010 Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 26 155
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Xiao X Z, Yang L 2019 J. At. Mol. Phys. 36 59
[22] Tang S B, Cao Z X 2012 J. Phys. Chem. C 116 8778
Google Scholar
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