Understanding the Reactivity of Single Atom Alloys towards the Alkyl C<b>–</b>H Bond Activation: A theoretical Study

Congcong Qiao; Gang Fu

doi:10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2207110

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Congcong Qiao, Gang Fu. Understanding the Reactivity of Single Atom Alloys towards the Alkyl C–H Bond Activation: A theoretical Study[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics . doi: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2207110

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Congcong Qiao, Gang Fu. Understanding the Reactivity of Single Atom Alloys towards the Alkyl C–H Bond Activation: A theoretical Study[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics . doi: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2207110

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Understanding the Reactivity of Single Atom Alloys towards the Alkyl C–H Bond Activation: A theoretical Study

doi: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2207110

Congcong Qiao,
Gang Fu^,

State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

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Corresponding author: E-mail: gfu@xmu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2022-07-12
Accepted Date: 2022-07-14

Available Online: 2022-07-26

Abstract

Abstract

Single atom alloys (SAAs), composed of active metal dopants atomically dispersed on the Cu, Ag, or Au host metals, have recently become a ‘rising star’ in single atom catalysis research. SAAs usually display unique catalytic behavior, mainly due to the anomalous electronic structure of isolated active sites, distinguishing from that of the parent metals. As the consequence, there is lack of robust yet reliable descriptor of catalytic properties of SAAs. In this work, we present a systematically theoretical study on the first C–H bond activation of methane, propane and ethylbenzene over 15 SAAs comprising of Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, and Pt doping Cu(111), Ag(111), and Au(111) surfaces. Our DFT calculations demonstrate that not only the d-band centers but also the H atom adsorption energies could not correlate well with the activation barriers of alkyl C–H bond, while enhanced performance is achieved when using the reaction energy as a descriptor. We find that there existed orbital interaction similarity between C atom adsorption on top site and the transition states of C–H activation because both of them involve not only σ donation with d_z² orbital but also the π back-donation from d_xy/d_yz orbital(s). As a consequence, the C adsorption energies and C–H bond activation energies are very strongly correlated (R²>0.9), not only for methane but also for propane and ethylbenzene.
- Single-atom alloy,
- C–H bond activation,
- d-band center,
- Thermochemical descriptor,
- Linear scaling

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