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Ab-Initio calculations of the CO adsorption and dissociation on substitutional Fe-Cu surface alloys relevant to Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Bcc-(Cu)Fe(100) and fcc-(Fe)Cu(100)
, Article Surface and Interface Analysis ; Volume 45, Issue 7 , 2013 , Pages 1081-1087 ; 01422421 (ISSN) ; Fazeli, E ; Joshani, A ; Gholami, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Abstract
Direct CO dissociation is seen the main path of the first step in the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS) on the reactive iron surfaces. Cu/Fe alloy film is addressed with various applications over face-centered-cubic (fcc)-Cu and body-centered-cubic (bcc)-Fe in the FTS, i.e. preventing iron carbide formation (through direct CO dissociation) by moderating the surface reactivity and facilitating the reduction of iron surfaces, respectively. In this study by density functional theory, the stable configurations of CO molecule on various Cu/Fe alloys over fcc-Cu(100) and bcc-Fe(100) surfaces with different CO coverage (25% and 50%) have been evaluated. Our results showed that the ensemble effect...