DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDY OF Na ON Al(111) AND O ON Ru(0001)

1996 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 1567-1577 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. STAMPFL

The success of density functional theory for the description of the adsorption of atoms on surfaces is well established and, based on recent calculations using gradient corrections, it has been shown that it also describes well the dissociative adsorption of molecules at surfaces — admittedly, however, the database for reactions at surfaces is still somewhat small. In this paper the power of density functional theory calculations is demonstrated through investigations for two different adsorption systems, namely one with a strongly electropositive adsorbate [Na on Al(111)] and one with a strongly electronegative adsorbate [O on Ru(0001)]. In each case, new hitherto unexpected adsorbate phases have been predicted by the theory: for Na on Al(111) the stability of a “four-layer” surface alloy was identified while for O on Ru(0001) it was predicted that the formation of a (1×1)-O adlayer should be possible which implies that the apparent saturation coverage of Θo=1/2 is due to kinetic hindering.

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (06) ◽  
pp. 1450050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianguang Wang ◽  
Li Ma ◽  
Yanhua Liang ◽  
Meiling Gao ◽  
Guanghou Wang

Density functional theory calculations have been carried out to investigate 3d, Pd and Pt transition metal (TM) atoms exohedrally and endohedrally doped B 80 fullerene. We find that the most preferred doping site of the TM atom gradually moves from the outer surface ( TM = Sc ), to the inner surface ( TM = Ti and V ) and the center ( TM = Cr , Mn , Fe and Zn ), then to the outer surface ( TM = Co , Ni , Cu , Pd , and Pt ) again with the TM atom varying from Sc to Pt . From the formation energy calculations, we find that doping TM atom can further improve the stability of B 80 fullerene. The magnetic moments of doped V , Cr , Mn , Fe , Co and Ni atoms are reduced from their free-atom values and other TM atoms are completely quenched. Charge transfer and hybridization between 4s and 3d states of TM and 2s and 2p states of B were observed. The energy gaps of TM @ B 80 are usually smaller than that of the pure B 80. Endohedrally doped B 80 fullerene with two Mn and two Fe atoms were also considered, respectively. It is found that the antiferromagnetic (AFM) state is more energetically favorable than the ferromagnetic (FM) state for Mn 2- and Fe 2@ B 80. The Mn and Fe atoms carry the residual magnetic moments of ~ 3 μB and 2 μB in the AFM states.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Lin ◽  
Linwei Yao ◽  
Shaofei Li ◽  
Zhengguang Shi ◽  
Kun Xie ◽  
...  

AbstractFinding the active sites of suitable metal oxides is a key prerequisite for detecting CH$$_4$$ 4 . The purpose of the paper is to investigate the adsorption of CH$$_4$$ 4 on intrinsic and oxygen-vacancies CuO (111) and (110) surfaces using density functional theory calculations. The results show that CH$$_4$$ 4 has a strong adsorption energy of −0.370 to 0.391 eV at all site on the CuO (110) surface. The adsorption capacity of CH$$_4$$ 4 on CuO (111) surface is weak, ranging from −0.156 to −0.325 eV. In the surface containing oxygen vacancies, the adsorption capacity of CuO surface to CH$$_4$$ 4 is significantly stronger than that of intrinsic CuO surface. The results indicate that CuO (110) has strong adsorption and charge transfer capacity for CH$$_4$$ 4 , which may provide experimental guidance.


Author(s):  
Pei Zhao ◽  
Bundet Boekfa ◽  
Ken-ichi Shimizu ◽  
Masaru Ogura ◽  
Masahiro Ehara

Density functional theory calculations have been applied to study the selectivity caused by the cage size during the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 over the Cu-exchanged zeolites with cha, gme, and aft cages.


2013 ◽  
Vol 468 ◽  
pp. 370-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Gao ◽  
Dong-Bo Cao ◽  
Shaoli Liu ◽  
Yong Yang ◽  
Yong-Wang Li ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
N. K. Das ◽  
K. Rigby ◽  
N. H. de Leeuw

Density functional theory calculations have been used to study the incorporation of helium in perfect and defect-containing palladium tritides, where we have calculated the energetics of incorporation and the migration behaviour. Helium atoms preferably occupy the octahedral interstitial and substitutional sites in the perfect and Pd vacancy-containing tritides, respectively. The energetics reveal that helium clusters can form in the lattice, which displace the Pd metal atoms. The defective lattice shows less expansion compared with the perfect lattice, which can accommodate the helium less easily. The path from octahedral–tetrahedral–octahedral sites is the lowest energy pathway for helium diffusion, and the energetics indicate that the helium generated from tritium decay can accumulate in or near the octahedral sites. Density of states analyses shows the hybridization between palladium d and tritium s orbitals and repulsion between palladium d and helium s orbitals, which can distort the lattice as a result of generating localized stress.


2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (66) ◽  
pp. 9501-9504
Author(s):  
Kristen A. Pace ◽  
Vladislav V. Klepov ◽  
Matthew S. Christian ◽  
Gregory Morrison ◽  
Travis K. Deason ◽  
...  

The stability of the novel Pu(iv) silicate, Cs2PuSi6O15, was predicted from a combination of crystal chemical reasoning and DFT calculations and confirmed by its synthesis via flux crystal growth.


2002 ◽  
Vol 716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Gutowski ◽  
John E. Jaffe ◽  
Chun-Li Liu ◽  
Matt Stoker ◽  
Anatoli Korkin

AbstractIt is known that the chemistries of hafnium and zirconium are more nearly identical than for any other two congeneric elements. Thus, both zirconia and hafnia, with the dielectric constant K > 20, have emerged as potential replacements for silica (K = 3.9) as a gate dielectric. We report an important difference between the zirconia/Si and hafnia/Si interfaces based on density functional theory calculations with the Perdew-Wang 91 exchange-correlation functional on the oxides, silicides, and silicates of Zr and Hf. The zirconia/Si interface has been found to be unstable with respect to formation of silicides whereas the hafnia/Si interface is stable. The difference between the two interfaces results from the fact that HfO2 is more stable than ZrO2 (i.e. has a larger heat of formation from its constituent elements) by more than 53 kJ/mol. The hafnium silicides, on the other hand, are less stable than zirconium silicides by ca. 20 kJ/mol.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Malagoli ◽  
M.L. Liu ◽  
Hyeon Cheol Park ◽  
Angelo Bongiorno

ABSTRACTDensity functional theory calculations are used to study the equilibrium energetics of protons on the surface and in the bulk of Y-doped BaZrO3. It is shown that protonic species in direct contact with Y dopants have energies lower than in perfect BaZrO3 by up to 0.4 eV. This energetic stabilization is achieved when the protonic species is in direct contact with two Y dopants. On the (001) surface of BaZrO3, protonic species are found to be energetically more stable than in the bulk by 1.1 eV and 1.6 eV on the BaO and ZrO2 surface terminations, respectively. At these terminations, the energy of protons recover the bulk value after penetrating three surface layers, and the energy cost associated with bulk incorporation is larger than 1 eV.


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