Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
Density functional calculations (DFT) on carbon monoxide (CO) adsorbed on platinum, platinum-osmium, and platinum-ruthenium-osmium nanoclusters are used to elucidate changes on the adsorbate internal bond and the carbon-metal bond, as platinum is alloyed with osmium and ruthenium atoms. The relative strengths of the adsorbate internal bond and the carbon-metal bond upon alloying, which are related to the DFT calculated C–O and C–Pt stretching frequencies, respectively, cannot be explained by the traditional 5σ-donation/2π*-back-donation theoretical model. Using a modified π-attraction σ-repulsion mechanism, we ascribe the strength of the CO adsorbate internal bond to changes in the polarization of the adsorbate-substrate hybrid orbitals towards carbon. The strength of the carbon-metal bond is quantitatively related to the CO contribution to the adsorbate-substrate hybrid orbitals and the sp and d populations of adsorbing platinum atom. This work complements prior work on corresponding slabs using periodic DFT. Similarities and differences between cluster and periodic DFT calculations are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Dimakis, Nicholas, et al. “Carbon Monoxide Adsorption on Platinum-Osmium and Platinum-Ruthenium-Osmium Mixed Nanoparticles.” The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 138, no. 17, American Institute of Physics, May 2013, p. 174704, doi:10.1063/1.4802817.
Publication Title
The Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI
10.1063/1.4802817
Comments
© 2013 AIP Publishing LLC. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4802817