Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Single-Atom Catalysts From Density Functional Theory Calculations Combined with an Implicit Solvation Model
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| author | Abidin, Azim Fitri Zainul Hamada, Ikutaro |
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| contents | We present a density functional theory study of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on a single atom catalyst embedded in graphene, namely, TM-N$_{4}$-C (TM = Fe and Co), using the effective screening medium method combined with the reference interaction site model (ESM-RISM). It was found that Fe-N$_{4}$-C and Co-N$_{4}$-C show comparable ORR activities from the constant electrode potential simulations, in contrast to the results obtained using the constant (neutral) charge simulation, in which the superior performance of Co-N$_{4}$-C has been predicted. The constant potential method allows the variable charge and thus results in a potential dependence of the reaction-free energies different from that with the constant charge method in which the potential dependence is included as an ad hoc manner. We suggest the importance of the variable charge in the simulation of the electrochemical reaction, which is enabled by ESM-RISM. |
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| spellingShingle | Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Single-Atom Catalysts From Density Functional Theory Calculations Combined with an Implicit Solvation Model Abidin, Azim Fitri Zainul Hamada, Ikutaro Materials Science Chemical Physics We present a density functional theory study of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on a single atom catalyst embedded in graphene, namely, TM-N$_{4}$-C (TM = Fe and Co), using the effective screening medium method combined with the reference interaction site model (ESM-RISM). It was found that Fe-N$_{4}$-C and Co-N$_{4}$-C show comparable ORR activities from the constant electrode potential simulations, in contrast to the results obtained using the constant (neutral) charge simulation, in which the superior performance of Co-N$_{4}$-C has been predicted. The constant potential method allows the variable charge and thus results in a potential dependence of the reaction-free energies different from that with the constant charge method in which the potential dependence is included as an ad hoc manner. We suggest the importance of the variable charge in the simulation of the electrochemical reaction, which is enabled by ESM-RISM. |
| title | Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Single-Atom Catalysts From Density Functional Theory Calculations Combined with an Implicit Solvation Model |
| topic | Materials Science Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17261 |