摘要
The unique electronic and structural properties of graphene oxides(GOs) may offer extraordinary potential in the design of high-performance molecular sensors and novel catalysts. Using the density functional theory calculations, we report the adsorption and reaction of nitrogen oxides NOx(x=1 to 3), ammonia, and propane molecules on GOs-based nanomaterials. GOs surface can provide diverse active defect sites for improving the reactivity of graphene, such as the hydroxyl and epoxy functional groups and their neighboring carbon atoms. These active defect sites increase the binding energies and enhance charge transfers from NOx and NH_3 to GOs, eventually leading to the chemisorption of gas molecules. The adsorbed NH_3 is dissociated into the chemisorbed NH_2 or NH species through the H atom abstractions, and further reduce the oxygen functional groups to form H_2O. The strong interfacial interaction of Ag nanoparticle-GOs hybrid has significant impact on the adsorption of NH_3. GOs with modified oxygen-containing groups may afford high catalytic activity for the ODH of propane to propene. The related mechanisms for GOs as molecular sensors and novel catalysts are discussed.
The unique electronic and structural properties of graphene oxides(GOs) may offer extraordinary potential in the design of high-performance molecular sensors and novel catalysts. Using the density functional theory calculations, we report the adsorption and reaction of nitrogen oxides NOx(x=1 to 3), ammonia, and propane molecules on GOs-based nanomaterials. GOs surface can provide diverse active defect sites for improving the reactivity of graphene, such as the hydroxyl and epoxy functional groups and their neighboring carbon atoms. These active defect sites increase the binding energies and enhance charge transfers from NOx and NH_3 to GOs, eventually leading to the chemisorption of gas molecules. The adsorbed NH_3 is dissociated into the chemisorbed NH_2 or NH species through the H atom abstractions, and further reduce the oxygen functional groups to form H_2O. The strong interfacial interaction of Ag nanoparticle-GOs hybrid has significant impact on the adsorption of NH_3. GOs with modified oxygen-containing groups may afford high catalytic activity for the ODH of propane to propene. The related mechanisms for GOs as molecular sensors and novel catalysts are discussed.
引文
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