Computational demystification of iron carbonyls formation under syngas environment

<p dir="ltr">Iron pentacarbonyl (IPC) gas forms upon the reaction of carbon monoxide with Fe containing metallic surfaces under gas reforming conditions. IPC formation can sometimes reach alarming levels that cause metal loss, pipeline thinning corrosion, catalyst poisoning, and cont...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: El Tayeb Bentria (9904024) (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Prathamesh Mahesh Shenai (17978848) (author), Stefano Sanvito (1294110) (author), Heesoo Park (1604989) (author), Laurent Karim Béland (19326088) (author), Nicholas Laycock (17150956) (author), Fedwa El Mellouhi (18513243) (author)
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Stefano Sanvito (1294110)
Heesoo Park (1604989)
Laurent Karim Béland (19326088)
Nicholas Laycock (17150956)
Fedwa El Mellouhi (18513243)
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Prathamesh Mahesh Shenai (17978848)
Stefano Sanvito (1294110)
Heesoo Park (1604989)
Laurent Karim Béland (19326088)
Nicholas Laycock (17150956)
Fedwa El Mellouhi (18513243)
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Prathamesh Mahesh Shenai (17978848)
Stefano Sanvito (1294110)
Heesoo Park (1604989)
Laurent Karim Béland (19326088)
Nicholas Laycock (17150956)
Fedwa El Mellouhi (18513243)
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Chemical engineering
Materials engineering
Iron Pentacarbonyl (IPC)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Fe Containing Metallic Surfaces
Gas Reforming Conditions
Catalytic Reactions
Density Functional Theory (DFT)
Computational Modeling
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description <p dir="ltr">Iron pentacarbonyl (IPC) gas forms upon the reaction of carbon monoxide with Fe containing metallic surfaces under gas reforming conditions. IPC formation can sometimes reach alarming levels that cause metal loss, pipeline thinning corrosion, catalyst poisoning, and contamination of sensitive industrial equipment. In this work, we demystify using multiscale computational modeling the mechanism of Iron pentacarbonyl formation: Density functional theory (DFT) is used to explore various catalytic reactions that involve a Fe adatom reacting with adsorbed carbon monoxide. Our calculated carbonyls desorption barriers on a perfect and clean Fe surface are too high to allow the carbonyls to form then desorb at temperatures <500 K at the rates reported experimentally. Most importantly, our calculations indicate that a high CO surface coverage, in addition to the presence of Fe adatoms, favors carbonyl formation and its desorption towards the flowing gas medium. Using insights extracted from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, we propose that the most plausible IPC formation mechanism consists of: (1) on surface reactions of adsorbed CO molecules with an Fe adatom to form iron tricarbonyl (Fe(CO)<sub>3</sub>*) molecules; (2) an adsorbate assisted movement of iron tricarbonyl on top of the CO adlayer; and (3) the interaction of iron tricarbonyl with CO molecules from the gaseous medium eventually leading to iron adatom removal as Fe(CO)<sub>5</sub> gas.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: npj Materials Degradation<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41529-024-00429-x" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41529-024-00429-x</a></p>
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spelling Computational demystification of iron carbonyls formation under syngas environmentEl Tayeb Bentria (9904024)Prathamesh Mahesh Shenai (17978848)Stefano Sanvito (1294110)Heesoo Park (1604989)Laurent Karim Béland (19326088)Nicholas Laycock (17150956)Fedwa El Mellouhi (18513243)EngineeringChemical engineeringMaterials engineeringIron Pentacarbonyl (IPC)Carbon Monoxide (CO)Fe Containing Metallic SurfacesGas Reforming ConditionsCatalytic ReactionsDensity Functional Theory (DFT)Computational Modeling<p dir="ltr">Iron pentacarbonyl (IPC) gas forms upon the reaction of carbon monoxide with Fe containing metallic surfaces under gas reforming conditions. IPC formation can sometimes reach alarming levels that cause metal loss, pipeline thinning corrosion, catalyst poisoning, and contamination of sensitive industrial equipment. In this work, we demystify using multiscale computational modeling the mechanism of Iron pentacarbonyl formation: Density functional theory (DFT) is used to explore various catalytic reactions that involve a Fe adatom reacting with adsorbed carbon monoxide. Our calculated carbonyls desorption barriers on a perfect and clean Fe surface are too high to allow the carbonyls to form then desorb at temperatures <500 K at the rates reported experimentally. Most importantly, our calculations indicate that a high CO surface coverage, in addition to the presence of Fe adatoms, favors carbonyl formation and its desorption towards the flowing gas medium. Using insights extracted from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, we propose that the most plausible IPC formation mechanism consists of: (1) on surface reactions of adsorbed CO molecules with an Fe adatom to form iron tricarbonyl (Fe(CO)<sub>3</sub>*) molecules; (2) an adsorbate assisted movement of iron tricarbonyl on top of the CO adlayer; and (3) the interaction of iron tricarbonyl with CO molecules from the gaseous medium eventually leading to iron adatom removal as Fe(CO)<sub>5</sub> gas.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: npj Materials Degradation<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41529-024-00429-x" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41529-024-00429-x</a></p>2024-02-16T12:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1038/s41529-024-00429-xhttps://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Computational_demystification_of_iron_carbonyls_formation_under_syngas_environment/26491198CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/264911982024-02-16T12:00:00Z
spellingShingle Computational demystification of iron carbonyls formation under syngas environment
El Tayeb Bentria (9904024)
Engineering
Chemical engineering
Materials engineering
Iron Pentacarbonyl (IPC)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Fe Containing Metallic Surfaces
Gas Reforming Conditions
Catalytic Reactions
Density Functional Theory (DFT)
Computational Modeling
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title Computational demystification of iron carbonyls formation under syngas environment
title_full Computational demystification of iron carbonyls formation under syngas environment
title_fullStr Computational demystification of iron carbonyls formation under syngas environment
title_full_unstemmed Computational demystification of iron carbonyls formation under syngas environment
title_short Computational demystification of iron carbonyls formation under syngas environment
title_sort Computational demystification of iron carbonyls formation under syngas environment
topic Engineering
Chemical engineering
Materials engineering
Iron Pentacarbonyl (IPC)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Fe Containing Metallic Surfaces
Gas Reforming Conditions
Catalytic Reactions
Density Functional Theory (DFT)
Computational Modeling