Abstract
Adsorption and reactions of CO(2) in the presence of H(2)O and OH species on the TiO(2) rutile (110)-(1×1) surface were investigated using dispersion-corrected density functional theory and scanning tunneling microscopy. The coadsorbed H(2)O (OH) species slightly increase the CO(2) adsorption energies, primarily through formation of hydrogen bonds, and create new binding configurations that are not present on the anhydrous surface. Proton transfer reactions to CO(2) with formation of bicarbonate and carbonic acid species were investigated and found to have barriers in the range 6.1-12.8 kcal/mol, with reactions involving participation of two or more water molecules or OH groups having lower barriers than reactions involving a single adsorbed water molecule or OH group. The reactions to form the most stable adsorbed formate and bicarbonate species are exothermic relative to the unreacted adsorbed CO(2) and H(2)O (OH) species, with formation of the bicarbonate species being favored. These results are consistent with single crystal measurements which have identified formation of bicarbonate-type species following coadsorption of CO(2) and water on rutile (110).
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