A density-functional study on the atomic geometry and adsorption of the Cu(1 0 0) c(2 × 2)/N Surface |
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Authors: | Xiang-Ming Tao Ming-Qiu Tan Xin-Xin Zhao Wen-Bin Chen Xin Chen Xue-Fu Shang |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Zheda Road 38, Hangzhou 310027, PR China |
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Abstract: | ![]() In this work we have performed total-energy calculations on the geometric structure and adsorption properties of Cu(1 0 0) c(2 × 2)/N surface by using the density-functional theory and the projector-augmented wave method. It is concluded that nitrogen atom was adsorbed on a FFH site with a vertical distance of 0.2 Å towards from surface Cu layer. The bond length of the shortest Cu-N bonding is calculated to be 1.83 Å. Geometry optimization calculations exclude out the possibilities of adsorbate induced reconstruction mode suggested by Driver and Woodruff and the atop structural model. The calculated workfunction for this absorbate-adsorbent system is 4.63 eV which is quite close to that of a clean Cu(1 0 0) surface. The total-energy calculations showed that the average adsorption energy per nitrogen in the case of Cu(1 0 0) c(2 × 2)-N is about 4.88 eV with respect to an isolated N atom. The absorption of nitrogen on Cu(1 0 0) surface yields the hybridization between surface Cu atoms and N, and generates the localized surface states at −1.0 eV relative to Fermi energy EF. The stretch mode of the adsorbed nitrogen at FFH site is about 30.8 meV. The present study provides a strong criterion to account for the local surface geometry in Cu(1 0 0) c(2 × 2)/N surface. |
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Keywords: | Cu(1 0 0) c(2 × 2)/N surface Chemisorption STM Density-functional theory calculations Scanning tunneling microscopy |
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