Issue 9, 2021

Role of metcar on the adsorption and activation of carbon dioxide: a DFT study

Abstract

Metallocarbohedrenes or metcars belong to one of the classes of stable nanoclusters having a specific stoichiometry. In spite of the available theoretical and experimental studies, the structure of pristine Ti8C12 metcar is still uncertain. We study the geometric structure of a titanium metcar, Ti8C12, together with its electronic properties and chemical activity towards adsorption and activation of CO2 molecule by means of density functional theory. Our results suggest that the CO2 molecule is strongly adsorbed and undergoes a significantly high degree of activation onto the Ti8C12 metcar. The migration of charge from titanium metcar to CO2 molecule attributes the high degree of activation of this molecule. In the infrared vibrational spectra for CO2 molecule adsorbed onto Ti8C12, we find a new signal which is absent in the corresponding spectra for gaseous CO2. In addition to adsorption energy, we also estimate the energy barrier for the dissociation of CO2 molecule to CO and O fragments on a Ti8C12 cluster. As a whole, this work reveals the ground state geometry of Ti8C12 metcar and highlights the role of this metcar in CO2 adsorption and activation, which are the key steps in designing potential catalysts for CO2 capture and its conversion to industrially valuable chemicals.

Graphical abstract: Role of metcar on the adsorption and activation of carbon dioxide: a DFT study

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Nov 2020
Accepted
08 Feb 2021
First published
17 Feb 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 5559-5570

Role of metcar on the adsorption and activation of carbon dioxide: a DFT study

Megha, A. Banerjee and T. K. Ghanty, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 5559 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP05756H

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