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Modeling of equilibrium conformation of Pt2Ru3 nanoparticles using the density functional theory and Monte Carlo simulations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2017

Md. Khorshed Alam ,
Shuhei Saito  and
Hiromitsu Takaba
Md. Khorshed Alam
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Advanced Engineering, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0015, Japan
Shuhei Saito
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Advanced Engineering, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0015, Japan
Hiromitsu Takaba*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Advanced Engineering, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0015, Japan
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: takaba@cc.kogakuin.ac.jp
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Abstract

In this study, the density functional theory (DFT) and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations were conducted to determine the equilibrium conformation of Pt2Ru3 nanoparticles with diameters 1.0–3.5 nm at finite temperature. DFT calculations were carried out to estimate the binding energy using slab configurations and energy could be correlated with some structural descriptors and multilinear regression equations to calculate the binding energy from descriptors related to the number of a specific bond to neighboring atoms. MC simulations were carried out to obtain the equilibrium conformation of atoms in Pt2Ru3 at 150–363 K. MC simulations’ result shows that atoms of the same element tend to segregate each other, and Pt/Ru ratio on the surface increases with increasing particle size; also, most of the Pt are located on the surface whereas most of the Ru are located on the subsurface or at the core sites. It is qualitatively exhibited that the Pt/Ru ratio on the surface decreases with increasing temperature.

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Pt2Ru3 alloynanoparticlepolymer electrolyte fuel celldensity functional theoryMonte Carlo simulation

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 32 , Issue 8 , 28 April 2017 , pp. 1573 - 1581
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Contributing Editor: Susan B. Sinnott

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