Hierarchically combining semi-empirical methods and first-principles calculations we gain a novel and noteworthy picture of the molecular-level mechanisms that govern the water–gas-shift (WGS) and reverse water–gas-shift (r-WGS) reactions on Rh catalysts. Central to this picture is that the WGS and r-WGS follow two different dominant reaction mechanisms: WGS proceeds according to a carboxyl (COOH) mechanism, whereas r-WGS proceeds according to a redox (CO2→CO+O) mechanism. The obtained results furthermore underscore the danger of common first-principles analyses that focus on a priori selected dominant paths. Not restricted to such bias, our herein proposed hierarchical approach thus constitutes a promising avenue to properly transport and incorporate the ab initio predictive-quality to a new level of system complexity.

Molecular level understanding of WGS and reverse WGS reactions on Rh through hierarchical multiscale approach

MAESTRI, MATTEO;
2012-01-01

Abstract

Hierarchically combining semi-empirical methods and first-principles calculations we gain a novel and noteworthy picture of the molecular-level mechanisms that govern the water–gas-shift (WGS) and reverse water–gas-shift (r-WGS) reactions on Rh catalysts. Central to this picture is that the WGS and r-WGS follow two different dominant reaction mechanisms: WGS proceeds according to a carboxyl (COOH) mechanism, whereas r-WGS proceeds according to a redox (CO2→CO+O) mechanism. The obtained results furthermore underscore the danger of common first-principles analyses that focus on a priori selected dominant paths. Not restricted to such bias, our herein proposed hierarchical approach thus constitutes a promising avenue to properly transport and incorporate the ab initio predictive-quality to a new level of system complexity.
2012
Water–gas-shift reaction; Reverse water–gas-shift reaction; Reaction mechanism; Multiscale modeling; First-principles calculations; Rh
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