摘要

The adsorption of ammonia at Bronsted and Lewis acid sites on three low-index (001), (010) and (100) surfaces of V2O5 catalyst was investigated using density functional theory (DFI') method. Three levels of surface relaxation periodic models including top single layer relaxation (S-model), moderately deeper relaxation (M-model) and full relaxation model (F-model) were applied to examine the effect of the surface relaxation on the binding structures and adsorption energies. The results of calculations showed that on the saturated basal plane V2O5 (001), ammonia adsorption at the Bronsted acid sites (VOH) is energetically more favorable. On unsaturated (010) and (100) surfaces, ammonia is adsorbed strongly on both Bronsted (VOH) and Lewis acid sites (V). Surface relaxations have no influence on ammonia adsorption on saturated (001) surface, while a strong dependence on the relaxation models is observed for NH3-adsorption energies on (010) and (100) surfaces, especially at the Lewis acid sites of both side planes. When complete relaxation considered (F-model), ammonia adsorption on the Lewis acid sites (V) dominates for side planes (010) and (100). In the presence of VOH as neighbor, the ammonia adsorption at V sites is however weakened significantly due to steric hindrance. Hydrogen bonds may play a role, although not determining one, in the respect of the adsorption of ammonia on (010) and (100) surfaces. Moderate relaxation and full relaxation are absolutely necessary for the description of both H and NH3 adsorption on unsaturated (100) and (010) surfaces, respectively.

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