Searching for the rate determining step of the H<sub>2</sub>S reaction on Fe (110) surface

<p dir="ltr">The adsorption and dissociation of H<sub>2</sub>S on Fe surface play a key role in carburization condition and a detailed understanding of the kinetics and rate-determining step of this process from an atomistic modeling perspective will help in understanding...

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Main Author: Salawu Omotayo Akande (9904027) (author)
Other Authors: El Tayeb Bentria (9904024) (author), Othmane Bouhali (8252544) (author), Fedwa El-Mellouhi (2011099) (author)
Published: 2020
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Summary:<p dir="ltr">The adsorption and dissociation of H<sub>2</sub>S on Fe surface play a key role in carburization condition and a detailed understanding of the kinetics and rate-determining step of this process from an atomistic modeling perspective will help in understanding better ways of mitigating metal dusting. Hence, we employed first-principles density functional theory with a correction for the long-range interactions to investigate H<sub>2</sub> reaction on Fe (110) surface. We probed the role of orientation of H<sub>2</sub>S on adsorption energetics, elementary pathways and dissociation barriers on Fe(110) surface. We report the geometries and energetics of an exhaustive set of molecular and fragmented states induced by the different orientations of H<sub>2</sub>S on Fe (110) surface. Our investigation further revealed that H<sub>2</sub>S can be either adsorbed as a molecule, as HS + H, or even as H/S/H atoms depending on the orientation of the molecule and the site of adsorption. In addition, we calculated the rate of adsorption and dissociation to resolve the competition between adsorption sites, and found that the complete decomposition can commence from either the long bridge or short bridge sites.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Applied Surface Science<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147470" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147470</a></p>