One-step direct production of methanol from methane and water(PMMW)under mild conditions is challenging in heterogeneous catalysis owing to the absence of highly effective catalysts.Herein,we designed a series of“Sin...One-step direct production of methanol from methane and water(PMMW)under mild conditions is challenging in heterogeneous catalysis owing to the absence of highly effective catalysts.Herein,we designed a series of“Single-Atom”-“Frustrated Lewis Pair”(SA-FLP)dual active sites for the direct PMMW via density functional theory(DFT)calculations combined with a machine learning(ML)approach.The results indicate that the nine designed SA-FLP catalysts are capable of efficiently activate CH4 and H_(2)O and facilitate the coupling of OH^(*)and CH_(3)^(*)into methanol.The DFT-based microkinetic simulation(MKM)results indicate that CH_(3)OH production on Co1-FLP and Pt1-FLP catalysts can reach the turnover frequencies(TOFs)of 1.01×10^(−3)s^(-1)and 8.80×10^(−4)s^(-1),respectively,which exceed the experimentally reported values by three orders of magnitude.ML results unveil that the gradient boosted regression model with 13 simple features could give satisfactory predictions for the TOFs of CH_(3)OH production with RMSE and R^(2)of 0.009 s^(-1)and 1.00,respectively.The ML-predicted MKM results indicate that four catalysts including V_(1-),Fe_(1-),Ti_(1-),and Mn_(1)-FLP exhibit higher TOFs of CH_(3)OH production than the value that the most relevant experiments reported,indicating that the four catalysts are also promising catalysts for the PMMW.This study not only develops a simple and efficient approach for design and screening SA-FLP catalysts but also provides mechanistic insights into the direct PMMW.展开更多
One-step conversion of methane and formaldehyde into ethanol is a 100% atom-efficient process for carbon resources utilization and environment protection but still faces eminent challenges due to the lacking of effici...One-step conversion of methane and formaldehyde into ethanol is a 100% atom-efficient process for carbon resources utilization and environment protection but still faces eminent challenges due to the lacking of efficient catalysts. Therefore, developing active and stable catalysts is crucial for the co-conversion of methane and formaldehyde. Herein, twelve kinds of “Single-Atom”-“Frustrated Lewis Pair”(SA-FLP)dual-active-site catalysts are designed for the direct conversion of methane and formaldehyde to ethanol based on density functional theory(DFT) calculations and microkinetic simulations. The results show that the SA-FLP dual active sites can simultaneously activate methane at the SA site and activate formaldehyde at the FLP site. Among the twelve designed SA-FLP catalysts, Fe1-FLP shows the best performance in the co-conversion of methane and formaldehyde to ethanol with the rate-determining barrier of 1.15 e V.Ethanol is proved as the main product with the turnover frequency of 1.32 × 10^(-4)s^(-1)at 573 K and 3 bar.This work provides a universal strategy to design dual active sites on metal oxide materials and offers new insights into the effective conversion of methane and formaldehyde to desired C_(2) chemicals.展开更多
The one-step conversion of ethanol to 1,3-butadiene has achieved a breakthrough with the development of beta zeolite supported dual metal catalysts.However,the reaction mechanism from ethanol to butadiene is complex a...The one-step conversion of ethanol to 1,3-butadiene has achieved a breakthrough with the development of beta zeolite supported dual metal catalysts.However,the reaction mechanism from ethanol to butadiene is complex and has not yet been fully elucidated,and no catalyst screening effort has been done based on central metal atoms.In this work,density functional theory(DFT)calculations were employed to study the mechanism of one-step conversion of ethanol to butadiene over ZnY/BEA catalyst.The results show that ethanol dehydrogenation prefers to proceed on Zn site with a reaction energy of 0.77 eV in the rate-determining step,and the aldol condensation to produce butadiene prefers to proceed on Y site with a reaction energy of 0.69 eV in the rate-determining step.Based on the mechanism revealed,six elements were selected to replace Y for screening superior combination of Zn-M/BEA(M=Sn,Nb,Ta,Hf,Zr,Ti;BEA:beta polymorph A)for this reaction.As a result,Zn-Y/BEA(0.69 eV)is proven to be the most preferring catalyst compared with the other six ones,and Zn-Zr/BEA(0.85 eV),Zn-Ti/BEA(0.87 eV),and Zn-Sn/BEA(0.93 eV)can be potential candidates for the conversion of ethanol to butadiene.This work not only provides mechanistic insights into one-step catalytic conversion of ethanol to butadiene over Zn-Y/BEA catalyst but also offers more promising catalyst candidates for this reaction.展开更多
Direct syngas conversion to light olefins on bifunctional oxide-zeolite(OX-ZEO)catalysts is of great interest to both academia and industry,but the role of oxygen vacancy(Vo)in metal oxides and whether the key interme...Direct syngas conversion to light olefins on bifunctional oxide-zeolite(OX-ZEO)catalysts is of great interest to both academia and industry,but the role of oxygen vacancy(Vo)in metal oxides and whether the key intermediate in the reaction mechanism is ketene or methanol are still not well-understood.To address these two issues,we carry out a theoretical study of the syngas conversion on the typical reducible metal oxide,CeO2,using density functional theory calculations.Our results demonstrate that by forming frustrated Lewis pairs(FLPs),the VOs in CeO2 play a key role in the activation of H2 and CO.The activation of H2 on FLPs undergoes a heterolytic dissociative pathway with a tiny barrier of 0.01 eV,while CO is activated on FLPs by combining with the basic site(O atom)of FLPs to form CO2^2-.Four pathways for the conversion of syngas were explored on FLPs,two of which are prone to form ketene and the other two are inclined to produce methanol suggesting a compromise to resolve the debate about the key intermediates(ketene or methanol)in the experiments.Rate constant calculations showed that the route initiating with the coupling of two CO*into OCCO*and ending with the formation of ketene is the dominant pathway,with the neighboring FLPs playing an important role in this pathway.Overall,our study reveals the function of the surface FLPs in the activation of H2 and CO and the reaction mechanism for the production of ketene and methanol for the first time,providing novel insights into syngas conversion over OX-ZEO catalysts.展开更多
Activation of molecular O2 is the most critical step in gold-catalyzed oxidation reactions; however, the underlying mechanisms of this process remain under debate. In this study, we propose an alternative O2 activatio...Activation of molecular O2 is the most critical step in gold-catalyzed oxidation reactions; however, the underlying mechanisms of this process remain under debate. In this study, we propose an alternative O2 activation pathway with the assistance of hydrogen-containing substrates using density functional theory. It is demonstrated that the co-adsorbed H-containing substrates （R-H） not only enhance the adsorption of O2, but also transfer a hydrogen atom to the adjacent O2, leading to O2 activation by its transformation to a hydroperoxyl （OOH） radical species. The activation barriers of the H-transfer from 16 selected R-H compounds （H2O, CH3OH, NH2CHCOOH, CH3CH=CH2, （CH3）2SiH2, etc.） to the co-adsorbed O2 are lower than 0.50 eV in most cases, indicating the feasibility of the activation of O2 via OOH under mild conditions. The formed OOH oxidant, with an increased O-O bond length of -1.45 A, either participates directly in oxidation reactions through the end-on oxygen atom, or dissociates into atomic oxygen and hydroxyl （OH） by crossing a fairly low energy barrier of 0.24 eV. Using CO oxidation as a probe, we have found that OOH has superior activity than activated O2 and atomic oxygen. This study reveals a new pathway for the activation of O2, and may provide insight into the oxidation catalysis of nanosized gold.展开更多
文摘One-step direct production of methanol from methane and water(PMMW)under mild conditions is challenging in heterogeneous catalysis owing to the absence of highly effective catalysts.Herein,we designed a series of“Single-Atom”-“Frustrated Lewis Pair”(SA-FLP)dual active sites for the direct PMMW via density functional theory(DFT)calculations combined with a machine learning(ML)approach.The results indicate that the nine designed SA-FLP catalysts are capable of efficiently activate CH4 and H_(2)O and facilitate the coupling of OH^(*)and CH_(3)^(*)into methanol.The DFT-based microkinetic simulation(MKM)results indicate that CH_(3)OH production on Co1-FLP and Pt1-FLP catalysts can reach the turnover frequencies(TOFs)of 1.01×10^(−3)s^(-1)and 8.80×10^(−4)s^(-1),respectively,which exceed the experimentally reported values by three orders of magnitude.ML results unveil that the gradient boosted regression model with 13 simple features could give satisfactory predictions for the TOFs of CH_(3)OH production with RMSE and R^(2)of 0.009 s^(-1)and 1.00,respectively.The ML-predicted MKM results indicate that four catalysts including V_(1-),Fe_(1-),Ti_(1-),and Mn_(1)-FLP exhibit higher TOFs of CH_(3)OH production than the value that the most relevant experiments reported,indicating that the four catalysts are also promising catalysts for the PMMW.This study not only develops a simple and efficient approach for design and screening SA-FLP catalysts but also provides mechanistic insights into the direct PMMW.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.22078257, 22038011 and 22108213)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.2021M692548)+1 种基金the Joint Fund of the Yulin University and the Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy (YLU-DNL Fund No.2022001)the Young Talent Support Plan of Shaanxi Province。
文摘One-step conversion of methane and formaldehyde into ethanol is a 100% atom-efficient process for carbon resources utilization and environment protection but still faces eminent challenges due to the lacking of efficient catalysts. Therefore, developing active and stable catalysts is crucial for the co-conversion of methane and formaldehyde. Herein, twelve kinds of “Single-Atom”-“Frustrated Lewis Pair”(SA-FLP)dual-active-site catalysts are designed for the direct conversion of methane and formaldehyde to ethanol based on density functional theory(DFT) calculations and microkinetic simulations. The results show that the SA-FLP dual active sites can simultaneously activate methane at the SA site and activate formaldehyde at the FLP site. Among the twelve designed SA-FLP catalysts, Fe1-FLP shows the best performance in the co-conversion of methane and formaldehyde to ethanol with the rate-determining barrier of 1.15 e V.Ethanol is proved as the main product with the turnover frequency of 1.32 × 10^(-4)s^(-1)at 573 K and 3 bar.This work provides a universal strategy to design dual active sites on metal oxide materials and offers new insights into the effective conversion of methane and formaldehyde to desired C_(2) chemicals.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22078257,No.22038011,and No.22108213)the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2020YFA0710000)+1 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2018T111034 and No.2021M692548)the Rising Star Program in Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province(No.2020KJXX-079).Chun-Ran Chang also acknowledges the support from the K.C.Wong Education Foundation.The calculations were performed by using the HPC Platform at Xi’an Jiaotong University。
文摘The one-step conversion of ethanol to 1,3-butadiene has achieved a breakthrough with the development of beta zeolite supported dual metal catalysts.However,the reaction mechanism from ethanol to butadiene is complex and has not yet been fully elucidated,and no catalyst screening effort has been done based on central metal atoms.In this work,density functional theory(DFT)calculations were employed to study the mechanism of one-step conversion of ethanol to butadiene over ZnY/BEA catalyst.The results show that ethanol dehydrogenation prefers to proceed on Zn site with a reaction energy of 0.77 eV in the rate-determining step,and the aldol condensation to produce butadiene prefers to proceed on Y site with a reaction energy of 0.69 eV in the rate-determining step.Based on the mechanism revealed,six elements were selected to replace Y for screening superior combination of Zn-M/BEA(M=Sn,Nb,Ta,Hf,Zr,Ti;BEA:beta polymorph A)for this reaction.As a result,Zn-Y/BEA(0.69 eV)is proven to be the most preferring catalyst compared with the other six ones,and Zn-Zr/BEA(0.85 eV),Zn-Ti/BEA(0.87 eV),and Zn-Sn/BEA(0.93 eV)can be potential candidates for the conversion of ethanol to butadiene.This work not only provides mechanistic insights into one-step catalytic conversion of ethanol to butadiene over Zn-Y/BEA catalyst but also offers more promising catalyst candidates for this reaction.
文摘Direct syngas conversion to light olefins on bifunctional oxide-zeolite(OX-ZEO)catalysts is of great interest to both academia and industry,but the role of oxygen vacancy(Vo)in metal oxides and whether the key intermediate in the reaction mechanism is ketene or methanol are still not well-understood.To address these two issues,we carry out a theoretical study of the syngas conversion on the typical reducible metal oxide,CeO2,using density functional theory calculations.Our results demonstrate that by forming frustrated Lewis pairs(FLPs),the VOs in CeO2 play a key role in the activation of H2 and CO.The activation of H2 on FLPs undergoes a heterolytic dissociative pathway with a tiny barrier of 0.01 eV,while CO is activated on FLPs by combining with the basic site(O atom)of FLPs to form CO2^2-.Four pathways for the conversion of syngas were explored on FLPs,two of which are prone to form ketene and the other two are inclined to produce methanol suggesting a compromise to resolve the debate about the key intermediates(ketene or methanol)in the experiments.Rate constant calculations showed that the route initiating with the coupling of two CO*into OCCO*and ending with the formation of ketene is the dominant pathway,with the neighboring FLPs playing an important role in this pathway.Overall,our study reveals the function of the surface FLPs in the activation of H2 and CO and the reaction mechanism for the production of ketene and methanol for the first time,providing novel insights into syngas conversion over OX-ZEO catalysts.
基金Acknowledgements This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China （No. 2011CB932400）, the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 21543005）, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation （No. 2014M562391）, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities （No. xjj2014064）. The calculations were performed by using supercomputers at the Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology, and the Shanghai Supercomputing Center.
文摘Activation of molecular O2 is the most critical step in gold-catalyzed oxidation reactions; however, the underlying mechanisms of this process remain under debate. In this study, we propose an alternative O2 activation pathway with the assistance of hydrogen-containing substrates using density functional theory. It is demonstrated that the co-adsorbed H-containing substrates （R-H） not only enhance the adsorption of O2, but also transfer a hydrogen atom to the adjacent O2, leading to O2 activation by its transformation to a hydroperoxyl （OOH） radical species. The activation barriers of the H-transfer from 16 selected R-H compounds （H2O, CH3OH, NH2CHCOOH, CH3CH=CH2, （CH3）2SiH2, etc.） to the co-adsorbed O2 are lower than 0.50 eV in most cases, indicating the feasibility of the activation of O2 via OOH under mild conditions. The formed OOH oxidant, with an increased O-O bond length of -1.45 A, either participates directly in oxidation reactions through the end-on oxygen atom, or dissociates into atomic oxygen and hydroxyl （OH） by crossing a fairly low energy barrier of 0.24 eV. Using CO oxidation as a probe, we have found that OOH has superior activity than activated O2 and atomic oxygen. This study reveals a new pathway for the activation of O2, and may provide insight into the oxidation catalysis of nanosized gold.
