Theoretical approaches to calculation of work function within jellium model and the problem of extension of this model to include the lattice corrections to the work function are briefly discussed. Lattice corrections to the work function obtained from the experiment are estimated and compared with those calculated theoretically.
It is found that the mean value of the experimental lattice correction <δψhkl>hkl compared to the mean work function is negligible. It is stated that the mean work function can be treated as a material constant characterizing a given metal, such as, e.g., binding energy.An expression for the dependence of jellium work function on rs, valid in a metallic range of rs, is given. A comparison between then theoretical and experimental results is presented and the role of correlation energy is examined. It is shown that more accurate approximations of the correlation energy than that given by Wigner's formula lead to a better agreement with experiment. A simple model is presented for explanation of work function changes on single crystal planes. Some recent results concerning the thermal dependence of work function are given. The dependence of the work function on the degree of coverage is discussed both for alkali and non-alkali atoms adsorption. Theoretical models are briefly reviewed and comparison between theory and experiment is made. A simple model is presented for explanation of the work function variation on rough planes in metallic non-alkali atoms chemisorption. 相似文献
An ultrahigh vacuum scanning Kelvin probe force microscope (UHV SKPM) based on the gradient of electrostatic force was developed using the technique of a UHV non-contact atomic force microscope (NC-AFM) capable of atomic level imaging, and used for simultaneous observation of contact potential difference (CPD) and NC-AFM images. The CPD images with a potential resolution of less than 10 meV were observed in the UHV SKPM, demonstrating an atomic level resolution. The change of potential corresponding to the charges on the insulated surface of polypropylene have been observed in UHV SKPM. We also demonstrated a reliable method to obtain the CPD from the bias voltage dependence curves of the frequency shift in all of the scanning area. The results are consistent with comparing the barrier height images in that the work functions of adatoms are greater than the work function of corner holes. 相似文献
The chemical percolation devolatilization (CPD) model has been shown to represent the devolatilization process of different coals and heating conditions with good accuracy. However, its use in computational fluid dynamics is limited because of its relatively high computational cost. Here, an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based model for predicting coal devolatilization kinetics is developed based on a database constructed with the CPD model for a wide range of coals and heating rates. The heating rates and the information of ultimate and proximate analysis are chosen as inputs of the ANN model to consider the effects of coal types and heating conditions on coal devolatilization; the outputs are the kinetic parameters for the two-step kinetic model. The learning, validation, and application results show that the proposed ANN model has a competitive prediction capability on both the total volatile release and release rates when compared with the CPD model, but has obvious computational efficiency advantages. Furthermore, the relative impact of the coal type and heating rate on each kinetic parameter for coal devolatilization is quantitatively evaluated through the Garson equation. It is found that the heating rate has the strongest effect on the pre-exponential factor, while the coal types show significant influence on the activation energy and final yield of the two reactions in the two-step model. 相似文献
In order to investigate to what extent the crystallographic structure of the substrate affects the process of interdiffusion and surface alloy formation in the case of the same components, adsorption systems of Pd on Nb(0 1 1), Nb(0 0 1) and Nb(1 1 1) have been studied by means of low-energy electron diffraction, Auger electron spectroscopy, and contact potential measurement. For all the systems, Pd dissolves in the substrate, when its population on the surface exceeds 1 ML. Kinetics of the mutual solution depends on the amount of deposited Pd, and increases with increasing amount of the adsorbate. Independent of the substrate structure, there was no evidence for a mixing of Pd and Nb in the top-most layer. For the Pd/Nb(0 1 1) system, the lateral interactions inside the Pd adlayer surpass the adsorbate–substrate interaction. The adsorbate–substrate interaction is dominant for the Pd/Nb(0 0 1) and Pd/Nb(1 1 1) systems, and results in the formation of a sandwich-like laminar surface alloy with a Pd layer on top. 相似文献