scholarly journals Simple Flux-Side Formulation of State-Resolved Thermal Reaction Rates for Ring-Polymer Surface Hopping

2019 ◽  
Vol 123 (13) ◽  
pp. 3013-3020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuecheng Tao ◽  
Philip Shushkov ◽  
Thomas F. Miller
2020 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 501-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumya Ghosh ◽  
Samuele Giannini ◽  
Kevin Lively ◽  
Jochen Blumberger

Exploring effects of quantizing nuclei in non-adiabatic dynamics for simulating charge transfer in a dimer of “ethylene-like-molecules” at different temperatures.


1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (9) ◽  
pp. 2502-2510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta I. Litter ◽  
Miguel A. Blesa

The thermal and 254-nm photochemical dissolution reactions of magnetite (Fe3O4), maghemite (γ-Fe2O3), and hematite (α-Fe2O3) suspended in EDTA aqueous solutions were compared. γ-Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 are thermally and photochemically more reactive than α-Fe2O3. Both thermal and photochemical dissolution reactions are governed by an initiation step, which involves the production of FeIIaq, and a subsequent thermal reaction of these ions with the solid, to produce FeIIIaq. The initiation step under UV irradiation involves the photoreduction of surface >FeIII – EDTA complexes to yield FeIIaq and the photooxidation of adsorbed EDTA to yield CH2O and other oxidation products. After FeIII – EDTA complexes build up in solution through the following step, homogeneous photolysis is the main source of FeII and CH2O. Oxides with spinel type structure are characterized by faster rates in the two processes, and O2 may inhibit the dissolution processes by changing the stoichiometry of the initiation step to that of the autooxidation of EDTA. The relative importance of autooxidation and photodissolution depends on the nature of the oxide and the experimental conditions. Photooxidation reaction rates parallel those of the photodissolution initiation steps, and long-term stability towards photocorrosion (dissolution) implies low photocatalytic activity for the oxidation of EDTA. The set of differential equations describing all the reaction rates is discussed and applied to the different cases.


2009 ◽  
Vol 130 (17) ◽  
pp. 174713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosana Collepardo-Guevara ◽  
Yury V. Suleimanov ◽  
David E. Manolopoulos

2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 044131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yury V. Suleimanov ◽  
Rosana Collepardo-Guevara ◽  
David E. Manolopoulos

1991 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 2040-2044 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Chatfield ◽  
Donald G. Truhlar ◽  
David W. Schwenke

1983 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol I. H. Ashby

ABSTRACTUltraviolet irradiation of the surface of graphite leads to the enhancement of the reaction of graphite with hydrogen to form methane under conditions where photo-induced thermal effects are negligible. Wavelength dependence of the photoenhancement correlates with excitation of the π-valence to π-conduction transition of graphite centered at 260 nm. Subsequent formation of some reactive excited state species leads to enhanced reaction rates. Likely candidates for such reactive species have been identified by comparative kinetic studies of the thermal and the photoenhanced reactions. For example, at low temperatures (< 500 K), the rate-limiting step of the thermal reaction is addition of H to surface CH3 groups, and the observed photoenhancement can be explained by activation of these CH3 groups.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prateek Mehta ◽  
Patrick M. Barboun ◽  
Yannick Engelmann ◽  
David B. Go ◽  
Annemie Bogaerts ◽  
...  

We explore the consequences of non-thermal plasma activation on product yields in catalytic ammonia synthesis, a reaction that is equilibrium-limited at elevated temperatures. We employ a minimal microkinetic model that incorporates the influence of plasma activation on N<sub>2</sub> dissociation rates to predict NH<sub>3</sub> yields into and across the equilibrium-limited regime. NH<sub>3</sub> yields are predicted to exceed bulk thermodynamic equilibrium limits on materials that are thermal-rate-limited by N<sub>2</sub> dissociation. In all cases, yields revert to bulk equilibrium at temperatures at which thermal reaction rates exceed plasma-activated ones. Beyond-equilibrium NH<sub>3</sub> yields are observed in a packed bed dielectric-barrier-discharge reactor and exhibit sensitivity to catalytic material choice in a way consistent with model predictions. The approach and results highlight the opportunity to exploit synergies between non-thermal plasmas and catalysts to affect transformations at conditions inaccessible through thermal routes.


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