Screening of Cu-Mn-Ni-Zn high-entropy alloy catalysts for CO2 reduction reaction by machine-learning-accelerated density functional theoryShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Applied Surface Science, ISSN 0169-4332, E-ISSN 1873-5584, Vol. 652, article id 159297Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
High-entropy-alloy (HEA) catalysts have been used in many challenging electrocatalytic reactions, e.g., CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) due to their promising properties. For CO2RR catalysts, tuning metal compositions in Cu-based catalysts is one of the techniques to control the desired products. Thus, this work investigated the optimal composition of Cu-Mn-Ni-Zn HEA catalysts using high-throughput screening (HTS) for CO2RR targeting on two competing routes toward CH4 and CH3OH products. The screening protocol evaluates catalytic activity through adsorption energy (Eads) of *CO2, *CO, *COOH, and *H. At the same time, the selectivity is represented by Eads of *COH, *CH4, *CHO, and *CH3OH, using density functional theory (DFT) accelerated by machine learning techniques. The screening result from 11,920 data revealed 259 candidates for CH4-selective and 4,214 for CH3OH-selective catalysts. Interestingly, the Cu-Mn-Ni-Zn excellently prevented competitive hydrogen evolution reaction by up to 90%. Optimal composition for each route are Cu0.1Mn0.4Ni0.2Zn0.3 and Cu0.2Mn0.4- Ni0.1Zn0.3 in CH4-selective route and Cu0.3Mn0.3Ni0.2Zn0.2, Cu0.3Mn0.2Ni0.3Zn0.2, Cu0.3Mn0.2Ni0.2Zn0.3, and Cu0.2Mn0.3Ni0.3Zn0.2 in CH3OH-selective route. The optimal catalyst structure with high CO2RR activity in both routes was revealed to have the Mn atom as an active site, while Cu, Ni, and Zn as neighboring atoms. Hence, the Cu-Mn-Ni-Zn HEA catalyst is the promising electrocatalyst for CO2RR.
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Keywords [en]
Multi-component alloys; Electrocatalysis CO 2 reduction reaction; First-principles density functional theory; calculations; Machine learning for catalysts screening; High-entropy-alloy surfaces
National Category
Inorganic Chemistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-200919DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.159297ISI: 001154807800001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-200919DiVA, id: diva2:1839062
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Funding Agencies|Second Century Fund (C2F); Thailand Science Research and Innovation Fund Chulalongkorn University [6641/2566]; National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand; NSRF via the Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development, Research, and Innovation [B16F640143, B13F6654]; Hub of Knowledge funding National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT); Swedish Government Strategic Research Area in Materials Science on Functional Materials at Linkoping University, Faculty Grant SFOMatLiU [2009 00971]; Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research through the Future Research Leaders 6 program [FFL 15-0290]; Swedish Research Council (VR) [2019-05403]; Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden [KAW-2018.0194]; Swedish Research Council [2022-06725]; NSTDA Supercomputer Center (ThaiSC), Thailand
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