Thanadol Jitwatanasirikul. Theoretical investigation on the catalytic oxidation mechanism of formaldehyde (HCHO) by oxygen (O2) over co-embedded sulfur vacant MOS2 monolayer. Master's Degree(Major in Chemistry). Ubon Ratchathani University. The Office of Academic Resources. : Ubon Ratchathani University, 2021.
Theoretical investigation on the catalytic oxidation mechanism of formaldehyde (HCHO) by oxygen (O2) over co-embedded sulfur vacant MOS2 monolayer
Abstract:
In this work, a theoretical study was conducted for the catalytic oxidation of formaldehyde (HCHO) by a recently synthesized single atomic catalyst (SAC) on a cobalt atom-doped single-layer molybdenum disulfide catalyst in sulfur vacancy site Co𝑆�𝑣�-MoS 2), using density functional theory calculation. The calculations demonstrate that the Co atom is strongly anchored at the S vacancy site of the MoS2
monolayer forming a SAC without metal clustering. From the study of the preliminary reaction stage, it was found that the HCHO oxidation occurs through two possible catalytic pathways; 1) a consecutive path: HCHO dehydrogenation (HCHO → H2 + CO) followed by CO oxidation (CO+ O2 → 2CO2), and 2) a co-adsorption path: HCHO oxidation by O2 (HCHO + O2 → H2O + CO2). It was also found that catalystsin this study also had a better ability to activate carbon-hydrogen bonds than previous studies have reported. The results of kinetics and thermodynamic analyses show that formaldehyde decomposition reactions can be easily initiated via the dominant coadsorption pathway. The Arrhenius activation energy is only 0.45 eV and has a constant rate of 298.15 K is 4.97 x 105 s-1.In addition, micro-kinetic models were also studied by considering the production rate and the optimum reaction temperature. HCHO oxidation through the co-adsorption mechanism exhibit a better reactivity compared to the continuous sequential reaction mechanism. Therefore, cobalt monoatomic catalysts
doped on molybdenum disulfide (Co𝑆�𝑣�-MoS2) are highly efficient catalysts for use in HCHO catalytic oxidation reactions under low temperature conditions.
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