化学
电催化剂
电解质
催化作用
氧化还原
铂金
离子键合
表面电荷
从头算
化学物理
可逆氢电极
过氧化氢
无机化学
电极
物理化学
电化学
离子
参比电极
有机化学
生物化学
作者
Jun Huang,Victor Climent,Axel Groß,Juan M. Feliu
出处
期刊:Chinese Journal of Catalysis
[China Science Publishing & Media Ltd.]
日期:2022-11-01
卷期号:43 (11): 2837-2849
标识
DOI:10.1016/s1872-2067(22)64138-x
摘要
Electrocatalytic activity is influenced by the surface charge on the solid catalyst. Conventionally, our attention has been focused on how the surface charge shapes the electric potential and concentration of ionic reactant(s) in the local reaction zone. Taking H 2 O 2 redox reactions at Pt(111) as a model system, we reveal a peculiar surface charge effect using ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of electrified Pt(111)-water interfaces. In this scenario, the negative surface charge on Pt(111) repels the O–O bond of the reactant (H 2 O 2 ) farther away from the electrode surface. This leads to a higher activation barrier for breaking the O–O bond. Incorporating this microscopic mechanism into a microkinetic-double-layer model, we are able to semi-quantitatively interpret the pH-dependent activity of H 2 O 2 redox reactions at Pt(111), especially the anomalously suppressed activity of H 2 O 2 reduction with decreasing electrode potential. The relevance of the present surface charge effect is also examined in wider scenarios with different electrolyte cations, solution pHs, crystal facets of the catalyst, and model parameters. In contrast with previous mechanisms focusing on how surface charge influences the local reaction condition at a fixed reaction plane, the present work gives an example in which the location of the reaction plane is adjusted by the surface charge. The activation barrier of breaking the oxygen-oxygen bond of the hydrogen peroxide molecule is higher at negatively charged surface, resulting in the abnormal experimental observation that the reduction current is suppressed with decreasing the electrode potential.
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