TY - JOUR
T1 - Theoretical methodology for studying oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on disordered binary alloy surfaces
AU - Lopez-Chavez, Ernesto
AU - García-Quiroz, Alberto
AU - González-García, Gerardo
AU - Islas-Gómez, Juana Laura
AU - Díaz-Góngora, José A.I.
AU - De La Portilla-Maldonado, L. Cesar
AU - Castillo-Alvarado, F. L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 Materials Research Society.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The catalytic activity of disordered binary alloy metal surfaces is investigated for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) by generating free energy diagrams and performing calculations on d-band centers of alloys. The disorder was simulated using virtual crystal approximation; then, based on periodic, self-consistent density functional theory (DFT) methods, we calculated adsorption energies of reaction intermediates. Alternative pathway for ORR mechanism, involving proton/electron transfer to adsorbed oxygen and hydroxyl, is considered. The methodology was applied to (111) surface of PdxCu1-x disordered binary alloys, with different values of x concentration. This study found that at the ORR equilibrium potential of 1.23 V, the reactivity of all surfaces is shown to be limited by the rate of OH removal from the surface. Among the surfaces studied, the surface of Pd0.80Cu0.20 shows the highest reactivity and is more active than other non-Pt alloys. These results are in excellent agreement with earlier experimental and theoretical work.
AB - The catalytic activity of disordered binary alloy metal surfaces is investigated for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) by generating free energy diagrams and performing calculations on d-band centers of alloys. The disorder was simulated using virtual crystal approximation; then, based on periodic, self-consistent density functional theory (DFT) methods, we calculated adsorption energies of reaction intermediates. Alternative pathway for ORR mechanism, involving proton/electron transfer to adsorbed oxygen and hydroxyl, is considered. The methodology was applied to (111) surface of PdxCu1-x disordered binary alloys, with different values of x concentration. This study found that at the ORR equilibrium potential of 1.23 V, the reactivity of all surfaces is shown to be limited by the rate of OH removal from the surface. Among the surfaces studied, the surface of Pd0.80Cu0.20 shows the highest reactivity and is more active than other non-Pt alloys. These results are in excellent agreement with earlier experimental and theoretical work.
KW - alloy
KW - catalytic
KW - simulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84924405400&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1557/opl.2014.687
DO - 10.1557/opl.2014.687
M3 - Artículo de la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:84924405400
SN - 0272-9172
VL - 1677
JO - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
JF - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
T2 - 2014 MRS Spring Meeting
Y2 - 21 April 2014 through 25 April 2014
ER -