Theoretical insights on O2 and CO adsorption on neutral and positively charged gold clusters.

Full Abstract

With the aim of understanding the elementary steps governing the oxidation of CO catalyzed by dispersed or supported gold nanoclusters, the adsorption of molecular species, such as O2 and CO, on model neutral and positively charged clusters (Au(n)(m+) n = 1, 9, and 13; m = 0, 1, and 3) has been studied using an ab initio approach. The computed structural and thermodynamic data related to the binding process show that molecular oxygen interacts better with neutral clusters, acting as an electron acceptor, while CO more strongly binds to positively charged species, thus acting as an electron donor.

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Author/s: Prestianni, Antonio (A); Martorana, Antonino (A); Labat, Frédéric (F); Ciofini, Ilaria (I); Adamo, Carlo (C);

Affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica e Analitica, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

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Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The journal of physical chemistry. B (J Phys Chem B), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 110 (issue 25) : pp 12240-8

Dates: Created 2006/06/27; Completed 2007/07/23;

PMID: 16800544, status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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