Abstract
The 1,3-cyclohexadiene dehydrogenation to phenyl on the Pt (1 1 1), Pt 3Sn/Pt (1 1 1), and Pt 2Sn/Pt (1 1 1) surfaces has been studied using density functional theory calculation. The results show that the adsorption energies of 1,3-cyclohexadiene and other intermediates decrease with the increasing concentration of Sn. The addition of Sn weakens the interaction between the adsorbate and the alloys. The barriers are 0.62, 0.72, and 0.75 eV for the first and 0.87, 0.51, and 0.32 eV for the second step on the Pt (1 1 1), Pt 3Sn/Pt (1 1 1), and Pt 2Sn/Pt (1 1 1), respectively, for the dehydrogenation of the 1,3-cyclohexadiene. The third dehydrogenation step is the rate determining step (rds) with the barriers of 1.49, 1.75, and 1.90 eV on the Pt (1 1 1), Pt 3Sn/Pt (1 1 1), and Pt 2Sn/Pt (1 1 1), respectively. The existence of the Sn facilitates the first two dehydrogenation steps that produce benzene and prohibits further dehydrogenation of benzene, thus increases the selectivity of the dehydrogenation of 1,3-cyclohexadiene to gas benzene.
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