Hydrogen adsorption trends on two metal-doped Ni2P surfaces for optimal catalyst design

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2021-05-21

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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Volume 23, issue 19, pp. 11538-11547

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In this study, we looked at the hydrogen evolution reaction on the doubly doped Ni3P2 terminated Ni2P surface. Two Ni atoms in the first three layers of the Ni2P surface model were exchanged with two transition metal atoms. We limited our investigation to combinations of Al, Co, and Fe based on their individual effectiveness as Ni2P dopants in our previous computational studies. The DFT calculated hydrogen adsorption free energy was employed as a predictor of the materials' catalytic HER activity. Our results indicate that the combination of Co and Fe dopants most improves the catalytic activity of the surface through the creation of multiple novel and active catalytic sites.

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We are grateful for the generous computing resources from CSC-IT Center for Scientific Computing and Mikko Hakala for useful scripts and tips throughout the project.

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Partanen, L, Alberti, S & Laasonen, K 2021, ' Hydrogen adsorption trends on two metal-doped Ni2P surfaces for optimal catalyst design ', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 23, no. 19, pp. 11538-11547 . https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp00684c