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Adsorption characteristics of formaldehyde on nitrogen doped graphene-based single atom adsorbents: A DFT study

Formaldehyde (CH2O) is the most common volatile organic pollutant in the indoor environment, which can directly cause respiratory system diseases of humans. As a new type of material, graphene-based single atom adsorbent has the advantages of large specific surface and high adsorption activity, whic...

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Published in:Applied surface science 2019-11, Vol.493, p.1260-1267
Main Authors: Liu, Zhijian, Zhang, Dewang, Wei, Tianhe, Wang, Liangqi, Li, Xiaojing, Liu, Boxiang
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Language:English
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Summary:Formaldehyde (CH2O) is the most common volatile organic pollutant in the indoor environment, which can directly cause respiratory system diseases of humans. As a new type of material, graphene-based single atom adsorbent has the advantages of large specific surface and high adsorption activity, which can provide a new direction for formaldehyde removal. In this paper, the adsorption characteristics of formaldehyde on graphene-based single atom adsorbents were investigated through density functional theory (DFT) calculations. According to the analysis of geometric structure, electron transfer and density of states (DOS), the adsorption of formaldehyde belongs to a stable chemisorption and the largest adsorption energy of formaldehyde is −2.27 eV, which is a combined action of electron transfer and hybridization effect. Formaldehyde will be preferentially adsorbed on single atom adsorbent in side-on model. The effect of N doping and desorption temperature were studied through searching for linear relationship and Gibbs free energy calculation, respectively. Doping N atoms into graphene plane can significantly improve the adsorption strength of formaldehyde through modulating the charge of metal atoms. The charge of metal atoms can be an efficient descriptor for adsorption energy of formaldehyde. CH2O plays a dominant role in competitive adsorption between O2, N2 and CH2O. We expect that this theoretical study can lay a foundation for the experimental investigations. •Doping N atoms can significantly improve adsorption strength of formaldehyde.•Charge of metal atoms can be an efficient descriptor for adsorption energy.•Adsorption energy of formaldehyde on Fe/SV-N3 is −2.27 eV.•Adsorption depends on co-contribution of electron transfer and hybridization effect.•Fe/SV-N3 can be a potential and efficient adsorbent.
ISSN:0169-4332
1873-5584
DOI:10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.07.114