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Understanding mixing of Ni and Pt in the Ni/Pt(111) bimetallic catalyst via molecular simulation and experiments

Wang, H; Stamatakis, M; Hansgen, DA; Caratzoulas, S; Vlachos, DG; (2010) Understanding mixing of Ni and Pt in the Ni/Pt(111) bimetallic catalyst via molecular simulation and experiments. Journal of Chemical Physics , 133 (22) 10.1063/1.3512644. Green open access

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Abstract

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations employing embedded atom method potentials and ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) experiments were carried out to study the mixing process between the Ni and Pt atoms in the Ni/Pt(111) bimetallic system. The barrier for a Ni atom to diffuse from the top surface to the subsurface layer is rather high (around 1.7 eV) as calculated using the nudged elastic band (NEB) method. Analysis of the relaxation dynamics of the Ni atoms showed that they undergo diffusive motion through a mechanism of correlated hops. At 600 K, all Ni atoms remain trapped on the top surface due to large diffusion barriers. At 900 K, the majority of Ni atoms diffuse to the second layer and at 1200 K diffusion to the bulk is observed. We also find that smaller Ni coverages and the presence of Pt steps facilitate the Ni/Pt mixing. By simulated annealing simulations, we found that in the mixed state, the Ni fraction oscillates between layers, with the second layer being Ni-richer at equilibrium. The simulation results at multiple time scales are consistent with the experimental data. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.

Type: Article
Title: Understanding mixing of Ni and Pt in the Ni/Pt(111) bimetallic catalyst via molecular simulation and experiments
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1063/1.3512644
Additional information: Copyright 2010 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Wang, H; Stamatakis, M; Hansgen, DA; Caratzoulas, S; Vlachos, DG; (2010) Understanding mixing of Ni and Pt in the Ni/Pt(111) bimetallic catalyst via molecular simulation and experiments. Journal of Chemical Physics , 133 (22) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org10.1063/1.3512644
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1356180
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