Title
First-principles study of molecular hydrogen dissociation on doped Al 12X(X = B, Al, C, Si, P, Mg, and Ca) clusters
Abstract
Inspired by the concept of superatom via substitutionally doping an Al-13 magic cluster, we investigated the H-2 molecule dissociation on the doped icosahedral Al12X (X = B, Al, C, Si, P, Mg, and Ca) clusters by means of density functional theory. The computed reaction energies and activation barriers show that the concept of superatom is still valid for the catalysis behavior of doped metal clusters. The hydrogen dissociation behavior on metal clusters characterized by the activation barrier and reaction energy can be tuned by controllable doping. Thus, doped Al12X clusters might serve as highly efficient and low-cost catalysts for hydrogen dissociation. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comput Chem 30: 2509-2514, 2009
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1002/jcc.21239
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
Keywords
Field
DocType
cluster,hydrogen dissociation,first-principles computations
Catalysis,Cluster (physics),Hydrogen,Superatom,Molecule,Doping,Computational chemistry,Chemistry,Density functional theory,Dissociation (psychology)
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
30
15
0192-8651
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lu Wang100.34
Jijun Zhao232.63
Zhen Zhou33012.87
Shengbai Zhang400.34
Zhongfang Chen531.65