Adsorption of Transition Metal Catalysts on Carbon Supports: A Theoretical Perspective : Understanding the interaction between catalyst and catalyst supports

Adsorption is a fundamental process which takes place on catalyst surface before it dissociates, diffuses over the and recombines with other adsorbed species to form final product. Therefore, in theoretical chemistry understanding of local geometrical electronic properties has been topic core focus. In this short review we briefly summarise some important developments studies related adsorption transition metal (TM) catalysts graphene graphene-related carbon materials. Prior this, will present discussion various forms materials used as supports, be followed by brief fundamentals density functional theory (DFT).