Predicting adsorption enthalpies on silicalite and HZSM-5 : A benchmark study on DFT strategies addressing dispersion interactions

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of computational chemistry. - 1984. - 35(2014), 10 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 809-19
1. Verfasser: Chiu, Cheng-chau (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Vayssilov, Georgi N, Genest, Alexander, Borgna, Armando, Rösch, Notker
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of computational chemistry
Schlagworte:Journal Article alcohols alkanes dispersion interactions van der Waals zeolites
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Zusammenfassung:Copyright © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
We evaluated the accuracy of periodic density functional calculations for adsorption enthalpies of water, alkanes, and alcohols in silicalite and HZSM-5 zeolites using a gradient-corrected density functional with empirical dispersion corrections (PBE-D) as well as a nonlocal correlation functional (vdW-DF2). Results of both approaches agree in acceptable fashion with experimental adsorption energies of alcohols in silicalite, but the adsorption energies for n-alkanes in both zeolite models are overestimated, by 21-46 kJ mol(-1). For PBE-D calculations, the adsorption of alkanes is exclusively determined by the empirical dispersion term, while the generalized gradient approximation-DFT part is purely repulsive, preventing the molecule to come too close to the zeolite walls. The vdW-DF2 results are comparable to those of PBE-D calculations, but the latter values are slightly closer to the experiment in most cases. Thus, both computational approaches are unable to reproduce available experimental adsorption energies of alkanes in silicalite and HZSM-5 zeolite with chemical accuracy
Beschreibung:Date Completed 15.10.2015
Date Revised 07.08.2015
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1096-987X
DOI:10.1002/jcc.23558