Configurations of V4+ centers in the MoVO catalyst material. A systematic stability analysis of DFT results

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The reactivity of a catalyst is in part determined by its geometric and electronic structure. Here we present a model that is able to describe the energy trend of the important oxidation catalyst material MoVO, as obtained from hybrid density functional calculations for various V4+/V5+ configurations. For an exemplary V/Mo occupancy, we systematically examined the universe of all V4+ distributions. The distribution of these V4+ centers, in combination with the induced lattice distortions, plays a key role in determining the stability of the material, entailing energy variations of up to ~140 kJ mol−1 per unit cell. Hence, for this kind of catalyst, it is crucial to account for the V4+ distributions. To this end, we are proposing novel predictive models based on features like the number of Mo centers with two reduced neighbors V4+ and the locations of potentially reducible centers V5+. For the V/Mo occupancy chosen, these models are able to describe the energy variation due to the V4+ distribution with root mean square errors as low as 6 kJ mol−1. Accordingly, catalytically selective sites featuring pentameric units with a single polaron center are among the most of stable configurations. Another aspect of this work is to understand energy contributions of polaron arrangements bracketing Mo centers.

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Fjermestad, T., Li, W. Q., Genest, A., & Rösch, N. (2020). Configurations of V4+ centers in the MoVO catalyst material. A systematic stability analysis of DFT results. SN Applied Sciences, 2(11). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-03686-y

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