Abstract
The gold nanoparticles (GNPs) show special activity toward hydrogen (H2) dissociation, comparing with bulk gold. Such activity is significantly affected by the existence of water. To inspect the influence of water on GNPs catalyzed H2 dissociation, we carried out density functional theory (DFT) calculations along the reaction paths for water clusters (H2O)m (m = 1, 2, 3, 7) assisted H2 dissociation on gold clusters (Aunδ, n = 3 ~ 5; δ = 0, 1). Our calculated results show that water benefits to the H2 dissociation. The dissociation mechanism varies with the size of water clusters, from the homolytic cleavage of the H-H bond to the oxidation dissociation mechanism on the small gold clusters. We also suggest Raman and IR spectroscopies can be used to characterize the products of those two mechanisms.
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Keywords
gold nanoparticles, hydrogen dissociation, water assisted reaction, density functional theory, Raman spectroscopy.
Publication Date
2018-06-28
Online Available Date
2017-11-06
Revised Date
2017-11-02
Received Date
2017-09-18
Recommended Citation
Jia-li CHEN, Xia-guang ZHANG, De-yin WU, Zhong-qun TIAN.
DFT Study of Water Assisted Hydrogen Dissociation on Gold Nanoparticles[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry,
2018
,
24(3): 199-206.
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.170918
Available at:
https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol24/iss3/1
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