Catalysis of the acetylene hydrochlorination reaction by Si-doped Au clusters: a DFT study

Journal of Molecular Modeling
Yu ZhaoLihua Kang

Abstract

The mechanisms for the acetylene hydrochlorination reaction on pristine Au7and Au8clusters and on the Si-doped Au clusters Au6Si and Au7Si were systematically investigated via density functional theory using the PBE functional. The band gap (∆Eg) of the Au7Si cluster was found to smaller than that of its undoped equivalent (Au8), thus enhancing its catalytic activity, and Au7Si presented a significantly reduced activation barrier (16.69 kcal mol-1) for the acetylene hydrochlorination reaction compared with the pristine Au8cluster (21.83 kcal mol-1). On the other hand, the activation barrier for the acetylene hydrochlorination reaction was not lower for the Au6Si cluster than for the pristine Au7cluster because the band gap (∆Eg) of Au6Si was found to be larger than that of Au7. Hence, the current work shows that the catalytic activities of gold clusters can be systematically modified by doping them. Our findings also suggest how to enhance the acetylene hydrochlorination reaction by doping foreign atoms into Au clusters. Graphical abstract The Si-doped Au7Si cluster showed stronger catalytic activity for the acetylene hydrochlorination reaction compared with the pristine Au8cluster.

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