Comparative study of H2 adsorption on W(1 0 0)-c(2 × 2)Cu and W(1 0 0): Surface alloying effects |
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Authors: | AE Martínez |
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Institution: | a Instituto de Física Rosario (CONICET-UNR) and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Av. Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, Argentina b Laboratoire de Chimie, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d’Italie, F-69364 Lyon Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | The interactions of H and H2 with W(1 0 0)-c(2 × 2)Cu and W(1 0 0) have been investigated through density functional theory (DFT) calculations to elucidate the effect of Cu atoms on the reactivity of the alloy. Cu atoms do not alter the attraction towards top-W sites felt by H2 molecules approaching the W(1 0 0) surface but make dissociation more difficult due to the rise of late activation barriers. This is mainly due to the strong decrease in the stability of the atomic adsorbed state on bridge sites, the most favourable ones for H adsorption on W(1 0 0). Still, our results show unambiguously that H2 dissociative adsorption on perfect terraces of the W(1 0 0)-c(2 × 2)Cu surface is a non-activated process which is consistent with the high sticking probability found in molecular beam experiments at low energies. |
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Keywords: | 68 43 Bc |
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