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arXiv 0712.3652cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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氧化环境中Ag-Cu合金表面的第一性原理研究

First-principles investigation of Ag-Cu alloy surfaces in an oxidizing environment

Simone Piccinin, Catherine Stampfl, Matthias Scheffler

摘要:

本文采用第一性原理密度泛函理论计算了Ag-Cu合金(111)面在不同的氧气氛压力和温度条件下的表面性质。该合金最近被提出作为相对于工业应用中常用的纯银催化剂具有改进的乙烯环氧化选择性的催化剂。在这里,我们表明,氧的存在导致铜偏析的表面。考虑表面自由能作为表面组成的函数,我们构造凸壳来研究各种表面结构的稳定性。通过考虑自由表面能对氧化学势的依赖关系,我们可以计算出合金的相图作为温度、压力和表面组成的函数。我们发现,在乙烯环氧化中通常使用的温度和压力下,合金表面上可以存在许多结构,包括干净的Ag(111)、氧化铜薄层和厚的氧化物状结构。这些结果与最近的实验结果一致,并有助于解释。

英文摘要:

In this paper we investigate by means of first-principles density functional theory calculations the (111) surface of the Ag-Cu alloy under varying conditions of pressure of the surrounding oxygen atmosphere and temperature. This alloy has been recently proposed as a catalyst with improved selectivity for ethylene epoxidation with respect to pure silver, the catalyst commonly used in industrial applications. Here we show that the presence of oxygen leads to copper segregation to the surface. Considering the surface free energy as a function of the surface composition, we construct the convex hull to investigate the stability of various surface structures. By including the dependence of the free surface energy on the oxygen chemical potential, we are able compute the phase diagram of the alloy as a function of temperature, pressure and surface composition. We find that, at temperature and pressure typically used in ethylene epoxidation, a number of structures can be present on the surface of the alloy, including clean Ag(111), thin layers of copper oxide and thick oxide-like structures. These results are consistent with, and help explain, recent experimental results.

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