Single-atom alloys can be effective catalysts and have been compared to supported single-atom catalysts. To rationally design single-atom alloys and other surfaces with localized ensembles, it is crucial to understand variations in reactivity when varying the dopant and the ensemble size. Here, we examined hydrogen adsorption on surfaces embedded with localized clusters and discovered general trends. Counterintuitively, increasing the amount of a more reactive metal sometimes makes a surface site less reactive. This behavior is due to the hybridization and splitting of narrow peaks in the electronic density of states of many of these surfaces, making them analogous to free-standing nanoclusters. When a single-atom alloy has a peak just below the Fermi energy, the corresponding two-dopant cluster often has weaker adsorption than the single-atom alloy due to splitting of this peak across the Fermi energy. Furthermore, single-atom alloys have qualitatively different behaviors than larger ensembles. Specifically, the adsorption energy is a U-shaped function of the dopant’s group for single-atom alloys. Additionally, adsorption energies on single-atom alloys correlate more strongly with the dopant’s p-band center than with the d-band center.
<div> <div> <div> <p>Single-atom alloys can be effective catalysts and have been compared to supported single-atom catalysts. To rationally design single-atom alloys and other surfaces with localized ensembles, it is crucial to understand variations in reactivity when varying the dopant and the ensemble size. Here, we examined hydrogen adsorption on surfaces embedded with localized clusters and discovered general trends. Counterintuitively, increasing the amount of a more reactive metal sometimes makes a surface site less reactive. This behavior is due to the localized electronic states in many of these surfaces, making them similar to free-standing nanoclusters. Further, single-atom alloys have qualitatively different behavior than larger ensembles. Specifically, the adsorption energy is U-shaped when plotted against the dopant’s group for single atom alloys. Additionally, adsorption energies on single atom alloys correlate more strongly with the dopant’s p-band center than the d-band center. </p> </div> </div> </div>
Single-atom alloys can be effective catalysts and have been compared to supported single-atom catalysts. To rationally design single-atom alloys and other surfaces with localized ensembles, it is crucial to understand variations in reactivity when varying the dopant and the ensemble size. Here, we examined hydrogen adsorption on surfaces embedded with localized clusters and discovered general trends. Counterintuitively, increasing the amount of a more reactive metal sometimes makes a surface site less reactive. This behavior is due to the hybridization and splitting of narrow peaks in the electronic density of states of many of these surfaces, making them analogous to free-standing nanoclusters. When a single-atom alloy has a peak just below the Fermi energy, the corresponding two-dopant cluster often has weaker adsorption than the single-atom alloy due to splitting of this peak across the Fermi energy. Further, single-atom alloys have qualitatively different behavior than larger ensembles. Specifically, the adsorption energy is a U-shaped function of the dopant’s group for single atom alloys. Additionally, adsorption energies on single atom alloys correlate more strongly with the dopant’s p-band center than the d-band center.
Single-atom alloys can be effective catalysts and have been compared to supported single-atom catalysts. To rationally design single-atom alloys and other surfaces with localized ensembles, it is crucial to understand variations in reactivity when varying the dopant and the ensemble size. Here, we examined hydrogen adsorption on surfaces embedded with localized clusters and discovered general trends. Counterintuitively, increasing the amount of a more reactive metal sometimes makes a surface site less reactive. This behavior is due to the hybridization and splitting of sharp peaks in the electronic density of states of many of these surfaces, making them analogous to free-standing nanoclusters. Further, single-atom alloys have qualitatively different behavior than larger ensembles. Specifically, the adsorption energy is U-shaped when plotted against the dopant’s group for single atom alloys. Additionally, adsorption energies on single atom alloys correlate more strongly with the dopant’s p-band center than the d-band center. <br>
Single-atom alloys can be effective catalysts and have been compared to supported single-atom catalysts. To rationally design single-atom alloys and other surfaces with localized ensembles, it is crucial to understand variations in reactivity when varying the dopant and the ensemble size. Here, we examined hydrogen adsorption on surfaces embedded with localized clusters and discovered general trends. Counterintuitively, increasing the amount of a more reactive metal sometimes makes a surface site less reactive. This behavior is due to the hybridization and splitting of sharp peaks in the electronic density of states of many of these surfaces, making them analogous to free-standing nanoclusters. Further, single-atom alloys have qualitatively different behavior than larger ensembles. Specifically, the adsorption energy is U-shaped when plotted against the dopant’s group for single atom alloys. Additionally, adsorption energies on single atom alloys correlate more strongly with the dopant’s p-band center than the d-band center. <br>
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