Research Article

Interaction Study of Oxygen and Iron-Sulfur Clusters Based on the Density Functional Theory

Table 3

Heat of reaction for each phase of the reaction.

ProcessReaction pathHeat of reaction/kJ·mol−1

Stage1Path1Fe4S4+O2⟶P1−294.78
Path2Fe4S4+O2⟶P2−222.82

Stage2Path1Fe4S2O2⟶P3−287.98
Path2Fe4S2O2⟶P4−278.83

Stage3S2+2O2⟶2SO2−470.94