Issue 16, 2022

Effect of oxygen termination on the interaction of first row transition metals with M2C MXenes and the feasibility of single-atom catalysts

Abstract

A density functional theory-based study was performed to investigate the stability of single-atom catalysts (SACs) over a series of O-terminated MXenes with the stoichiometry of M2CO2. Accordingly, we selected the first-row transition metals as adatoms and nine MXene surfaces as supports. From a thermodynamic viewpoint, the stability of the resulting SACs is favorable for all combinations between adatoms and MXenes. However, the adatoms tend to cluster together to a rather low energy barrier, promoting diffusion, which significantly affects their stability. The present systematic study showed that Sc@ and Ti@M2CO2 are the most feasible SACs because of their high metal–support interaction, low tendency to form metal clusters and high diffusion barriers. The present results can be useful to experimentalists aimed at synthesizing SACs based on MXenes.

Graphical abstract: Effect of oxygen termination on the interaction of first row transition metals with M2C MXenes and the feasibility of single-atom catalysts

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 nov 2021
Accepted
14 mar 2022
First published
15 mar 2022

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022,10, 8846-8855

Effect of oxygen termination on the interaction of first row transition metals with M2C MXenes and the feasibility of single-atom catalysts

M. Keyhanian, D. Farmanzadeh, Á. Morales-García and F. Illas, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 8846 DOI: 10.1039/D1TA10252D

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