Santos Carballal, David  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-9588, Roldan Martinez, Alberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0353-9004 and de Leeuw, Nora ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8271-0545
2016.
Early oxidation processes on the Greigite Fe₃S₄(001) surface by water: A density functional theory study.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
120
(16)
, pp. 8616-8629.
10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00216
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Abstract
Greigite (Fe₃S₄), the sulfide counterpart of the spinel-structured oxide material magnetite (Fe₃O₄), is a mineral widely identified in anoxic aquatic environments and certain soils, which can be oxidised, thereby producing extremely acid solutions of sulfur-rich wastewaters, so-called acid mine drainage (AMD) or acid rock drainage (ARD). Here we report a computational study of the partial replacement of sulfur (forming H₂S) by oxygen (from H₂O) in the Fe₃S₄(001) surface, derived from density functional theory calculations with on-site Coulomb approach and long-range dispersion corrections (DFT+U–D2). We have proposed three pathways for the oxidation of the surface as a function of H₂O coverage and pH. Different pathways give different intermediates, some of which are followed by a solid-state diffusion of the O atom towards its most stable position. Low levels of H₂O coverage, and especially basic conditions, seem to be essential, leading to the most favourable energetic landscape for the oxidation of the Fe₃S₄(001) surface. We have derived the thermodynamic and kinetic profile for each mechanism and plotted the concentration of H₂S and protons in aqueous solution and thermodynamic equilibrium with the stoichiometric and partially oxidized Fe₃S₄(001) surface as a function of the temperature. Changes in the calculated vibrational frequencies of the adsorbed intermediates are used as a means to characterise their transformation. We have taken into account statistical entropies for H₂S and H₂O and other experimental parameters, showing that this mineral may well be among those responsible for the generation of AMD.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Professional Services > Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff (ARCCA) Schools > Chemistry |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | spinels; surface science; oxidation-corrosion; catalysis; sulfides |
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| Publisher: | ACS Publications |
| ISSN: | 1932-7447 |
| Funders: | Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant EP/G036675, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant EP/K035355/2, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant EP/L000202 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 30 March 2016 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 28 March 2016 |
| Last Modified: | 05 May 2023 01:38 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/88312 |
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