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. 2024 Mar 28;14(8):5503–5519. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.3c05939

Table 2. Calculated ZPE-Corrected Activation Energies (Ea) and Reaction Energies (Er) for the Elementary Steps.

  elementary steps ZPE-corrected Ea (eV) ZPE-corrected Er (eV)
R1 CO2 + * ↔ CO + O 0.45 –0.98
R2 CO + * ↔ C + O 2.74 0.93
R3 CO + H ↔ COH 1.27 0.71
R4 CO + H ↔ HCO 1.35 1.21
R5 COH + H ↔ HCOH 1.31 1.07
R6 COH ↔ C + OH 1.68 0.55
R7 HCO + H ↔ CH2O 0.70 0.51
R8 HCO + H ↔ HCOH 0.69 0.56
R9 HCO + * ↔ CH + O 1.17 –0.49
R10 CH2O + H ↔ CH2OH 0.75 0.27
R11 CH2O + H ↔ CH3O 0.74 0.37
R12 CH2O + * ↔ CH2 + O 0.95 –0.64
R13 HCOH + * ↔ CH + OH 0.47 –0.72
R14 HCOH + H ↔ CH2OH 0.59 0.21
R15 CH2OH ↔ CH2 + OH 0.75 –0.58
R16 CH3O + * ↔ CH3 + O 1.12 –0.64
R17 C + H ↔ CH 0.67 –0.20
R18 CH + H ↔ CH2 0.64 0.36
R19 CH2 + H ↔ CH3 0.63 0.38
R20 CH3 + H ↔ CH4 0.45 0.23
R21 CO2 + H ↔ COOH 0.72 –0.03
R22 COOH + * ↔ CO + OH 0.36 –0.62
R23 COOH + H ↔ HCOOH 1.34 0.51
R24 HCOOH + * ↔ HCO + OH 0.42 0.09
R25 HCOOH + H ↔ H2COOH 0.36 0.13
R26 H2COOH + * ↔ CH2O + OH 0.44 0.00
R27 CO2 + H ↔ HCOO 0.69 –0.13
R28 HCOO + * ↔ HCO + O 1.27 0.37
R29 HCOO + H ↔ HCOOH 0.87 0.61
R30 HCOO + H ↔ H2COO 2.24 1.56
R31 H2COO + H ↔ H2COOH 0.53 –0.35
R32 CH2OH + H ↔ CH3OH 0.73 0.15
R33 CH3O + H ↔ CH3OH 0.78 0.05
R34 CH3OH ↔ CH3+OH 1.67 –0.35
R35 O + H ↔ OH 0.80 0.33
R36 OH + H ↔ H2O 0.78 0.01
R37 OH + OH ↔ H2O + O 0.33 –0.32
R38 CO2 + OH ↔ COOH + O 0.10 –0.36
R39 CO2 + H2O ↔ HCOO + OH 1.49 –0.14
R40 CO2 + H2O ↔ COOH + OH 0.43 –0.04
R41 CO2 + OH ↔ HCOO + O 1.51 –0.46
R42 COOH + H ↔ COHOH 0.70 0.51
R43 COHOH ↔ COH + OH 0.73 –0.43
R44 CO + H2O ↔ COH + OH 1.01 0.69
R45 CO + CO ↔ CO2 + C 2.92 1.90
R46 CO + COOH ↔ CO2 + COH 0.74 0.73
R47 CO + HCOO ↔ CO2 + COH 0.94 0.83
R48 CO + OH ↔ O + HCO 1.87 0.88
R49 CO + H2O ↔ OH + HCO 1.63 1.20
R50 HCOO + HCO ↔ HCOOH + CO 0.35 –0.61
R51 HCOO + HCO ↔ H2COO + CO 0.95 0.35
R52 HCOOH + HCO ↔ H2COOH + CO 0.42 –0.62
A1 CH4 ↔ CH4(g) + * 0.20 0.20
A2 CH3OH ↔ CH3OH(g) + * 0.67 0.67
A3 CO ↔ CO(g) + * 2.28 2.28
A4 CH2O ↔ CH2O(g) + * 1.19 1.19
A5 HCOOH ↔ HCOOH(g) + * 0.79 0.79
A6 H2O ↔ H2O(g) + * 0.53 0.53
A7 CO2(g) + * ↔ CO2 0.00 –0.33
A8 H2(g) + * ↔ H + H 0.01 –0.58
D1 H(top)+ * ↔ H(hollow) + * 0.03 –0.36