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Kinetics and Thermodynamics of CO Oxidation by (TiO2)6
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  • Navjot Kaur,
  • Neetu Goel,
  • Michael Springborg,
  • Mohammad Molayem
Navjot Kaur
Panjab University

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Neetu Goel
Panjab University Faculty of Science
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Michael Springborg
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
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Mohammad Molayem
University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, 66123, Germany
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Abstract

Molecular level insights into the mechanism and thermodynamics of CO oxidation by a (TiO2)6 cluster have been obtained through density functional calculations. Thereby, we have considered as an example, two different structural isomers of (TiO2)6 with the purpose of understanding the interplay between local structure and activity for the CO oxidation reaction. Active sites in the two isomeric forms were identified on the basis of global and local reactivity descriptors. For the oxidation of CO to CO2 we considered both sequential and simultaneous adsorption of CO and O2 on (TiO2)6 cluster through the ER and LH mechanisms, respectively. Three different pathways were obtained for CO oxidation by (TiO2)6 cluster, and the mechanistic route of each pathway were identified by locating the transition-state and intermediate structures. The effects of temperature on the rate of the reaction was investigated within the harmonic approximation. The structure-dependent activity of the cluster was rationalized through reactivity descriptors and analysis of the frontier orbitals. Finally, we also considered the effects of a support, i.e., graphene, on the oxidation mechanism.
28 Jan 2021Submitted to International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
29 Jan 2021Submission Checks Completed
29 Jan 2021Assigned to Editor
04 Feb 2021Reviewer(s) Assigned