The adsorption behavior of methyl nitrite （MN） on the closed-packed Pd（111） sur- face has been investigated in detail by using density functional theory （DFT）. MN binds to the surface in two alternative forms, u...The adsorption behavior of methyl nitrite （MN） on the closed-packed Pd（111） sur- face has been investigated in detail by using density functional theory （DFT）. MN binds to the surface in two alternative forms, using the nitrogen atom attached to the surface. An overall net charge transfer from the substrate to the cis-MN molecule is also confirmed. In addition, the reaction mechanism for the dissociation of MN on the Pd（111） surface has been identified and compared with the methanol decomposition via O-H scission. The results demonstrate that MN is a more active reactant than methanol for the oxidative addition to the Pd catalyst. The possible reason has been analyzed from the adsorption behaviors and reaction barriers, that is, MN is chemically absorbed on the Pd（111） surface; the CHaO-NO bond scission, leading to the formation of adsorbed methoxy species, is much more favorable than that of the O-H bond scission and has a large exothermic behavior.展开更多
Adsorption of CH3O at four sites （top, bridge, hcp, fcc） on Au（111） surface has been investigated by density functional theory method at the generalized gradient approximation level. We have performed calculations...Adsorption of CH3O at four sites （top, bridge, hcp, fcc） on Au（111） surface has been investigated by density functional theory method at the generalized gradient approximation level. We have performed calculations on adsorption energies, structures, Mulliken charges and vibrational frequencies of CH3O on Au（111） surface with full-geometry optimization. The predicted results are compared with the available experimental observation. The calculated CH3O adsorption structure and stretching vibrational frequencies agree well with experimental ones, and precise determinations of adsorption sites are carded out. The most favorite adsorption on Au（111） occurs at the bridge site, and O-C axis is tilted to the surface. However, on hollow sites （hcp, fcc） the species is adsorbed in an upright geometry （pseudo-C3v local symmetry）.展开更多
Thiophene adsorption on the（111） surfaces of Pd and Pt have been investigated by density functional theory.The results indicate that the adsorption at the hollow sites is the most stable.To our interest,the molecula...Thiophene adsorption on the（111） surfaces of Pd and Pt have been investigated by density functional theory.The results indicate that the adsorption at the hollow sites is the most stable.To our interest,the molecular plane of thiophene ring is distorted with C=C bond being elongated to 1.450 and C–C bond being shortened to 1.347 ,and the C–H bonds tilt 13.91～44.05o away from this plane.Furthermore,analysis on population and density of states verified the calculated adsorption geometries.Finally,charge analysis suggests that thiophene molecule is an electron acceptor,reflecting the interaction between the lone pair of sulfur and the d-orbitals of metal.展开更多
The density functional theory（DFT） and self-consistent periodic calculation were used to investigate the methanol adsorption on the Pt-Mo（111）/C surface.The adsorption energies,equilibrium geometries and vibration...The density functional theory（DFT） and self-consistent periodic calculation were used to investigate the methanol adsorption on the Pt-Mo（111）/C surface.The adsorption energies,equilibrium geometries and vibration frequencies of CH3OH on nine types of sites on the Pt-Mo（111）/C surface were predicted and the favorite adsorption site for methanol is the top-Pt site.Both sites of valence and conduction bands of doped system have been broadened,which are favorable for electrons to transfer to the cavity.The possible decomposition pathway was investigated with transition state searching and the calculation results indicate that the O-H bond is first broken,and then the methanol decomposes into methoxy.The activation barrier of O-H bond breaking with Pt-Mo catalyst is only 104.8 kJ mol-1,showing that carbon supported Pt-Mo alloys have promoted the decomposition of methanol.Comparing with the adsorption energies of CH3OH on the Pt（111）/C surface and that of CO,the adsorption energies of CO are higher,and Pt（111）/C is liable to be oxidized and loses the activity,which suggests that the catalyst Pt-Mo（111）/C is in favor of decomposing methanol and has better anti-poisoning ability than Pt（111）/C.展开更多
Thiophene adsorption on the Rh（111） surfaces has been investigated by density functional theory.The results show that the adsorption at the hollow and bridge sites is the most stable.The molecular plane of the thiop...Thiophene adsorption on the Rh（111） surfaces has been investigated by density functional theory.The results show that the adsorption at the hollow and bridge sites is the most stable.The molecular plane of the thiophene ring is distorted,the C=C bond is stretched to 1.448 and the C–C bond is shortened to 1.390.The C–H bonds tilt 22～42oaway from the surface.The calculated adsorption geometries are in reasonable agreement with population analysis and density of states.The thiophene molecule obtains 0.74 electrons, reflecting the interaction between the lone pair of sulfur and the d-orbitals of metal. The reaction paths and transition states for desulfurization of the molecule have been investigated. The bridge adsorption structure of thiophene leads to a thiol via an activated reaction with an energetic barrier of 0.30 eV. This second step is slightly difficult, and dissociation into a C4H4 fragment and a sulfur atom is possible, with an energetic barrier of 0.40 eV.展开更多
The interaction of cyanide (CN) with different sites on Ni(111) surface is studied by using density functional theory (DFT). Ni19 cluster is used to simulate the surface. The present calculations show that the end-o...The interaction of cyanide (CN) with different sites on Ni(111) surface is studied by using density functional theory (DFT). Ni19 cluster is used to simulate the surface. The present calculations show that the end-on bonded (through C atom) configuration is much more preferable than the side-on bonded CN or other configurations on the same adsorption site. For all adsorption modes, adsorption energies at the top, bridge, and three-fold sites on Ni(111) are comparable, with the bridge site of the end-on bonded CN (through C atom) more favorable than other adsorption sites. CN vibrational frequencies are red-shifted at all cases, except that the end-on CN bonded (through C atom) on the top site is blue-shifted. The bonding of CN on the Ni(111) surface is large- ly ionic.展开更多
We report the formation and local electronic structure of Ge clusters on the Si（111）-7×7 surface studied by using variable temperature scanning tunnelling microscopy （VT-STM） and low-temperature scanning tunn...We report the formation and local electronic structure of Ge clusters on the Si（111）-7×7 surface studied by using variable temperature scanning tunnelling microscopy （VT-STM） and low-temperature scanning tunnelling spectroscopy （STS）. Atom-resolved STM images reveal that the Ce atoms are prone to forming clusters with 1.0 nm in diameter for coverage up to 0.12 ML. Such Ce clusters preferentially nucleate at the centre of the faulted-half unit cells, leading to the ＇dark sites＇ of Si centre adatoms from the surrounding three unfaulted-half unit cells in filled-state images. Biasdependent STM images show the charge transfer from the neighbouring Si adatoms to Ce clusters. Low-temperature STS of the Ce clusters reveals that there is a band gap on the Ce cluster and the large voltage threshold is about 0.9 V.展开更多
The adsorption of CH3CN and CH3NC on the Pt(111)surface at the 1/4 monolayer(ML)coverage has been carried out at the level of density functional theory for understanding hydrogenation processes of nitriles.The most fa...The adsorption of CH3CN and CH3NC on the Pt(111)surface at the 1/4 monolayer(ML)coverage has been carried out at the level of density functional theory for understanding hydrogenation processes of nitriles.The most favored adsorption structure for CH3CN is the C-N bond almost parallel to the surface with the C-N bond interaction with adjacent surface Pt atoms.For CH3NC,the most stable configuration is the CH3NC locates at the face center cubic(fcc)site with the C-atom bonded to three Pt atoms.In addition,the HCN and HNC adsorption has been computed,and the adsorption pattern is nearly similar to the CH3CN and CH3NC,respectively.The adsorbed molecules rehybridize on the surface,becoming non-linear with a bent C-C-N or C-N-C angle.Furthermore,the binding mechanism of these molecules on the Pt(111)surface is also analyzed.展开更多
In this work we have performed total-energy calculations of the chemisorption properties and STM images of Pt (111) ( × )R30°/CO Surface;STM Image;ChemisorptionR30°/CO surface by using the density funct...In this work we have performed total-energy calculations of the chemisorption properties and STM images of Pt (111) ( × )R30°/CO Surface;STM Image;ChemisorptionR30°/CO surface by using the density functional theory (DFT) and the projector-augmented wave (PAW) method. The calculations show that carbon monoxide molecule (CO) adsorbs on FCC site in the Pt (111) ( × )R30°/ surface is energetically favored by the GGA-PBE XC-functional, this is in agreement with most of the theoretical calculations which is using different XC-functional at the most. However, these results strongly conflicted with the existing experiments. Actually the calculated work function for the FCC adsorption is quite different from the experiments while the atop one is in good agreement with experiments. We speculate that the atop adsorption for (CO is favorable for the adsorption case at the most. Furthermore, we have calculated the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) images for both adsorption geometries and suggest that there should be existed remarkable differences in the STM images. The present work provides a faithful criterion accounting for the local surface geometry in Pt (111) ( × )R30°/CO surface from surface work functions and STM images instead of totalenergy calculations.展开更多
Adsorption behavior of Fe atoms on a metal-free naphthalocyanine（H2Nc） monolayer on Ag（111） surface at room temperature has been investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy combined with density functional th...Adsorption behavior of Fe atoms on a metal-free naphthalocyanine（H2Nc） monolayer on Ag（111） surface at room temperature has been investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy combined with density functional theory（DFT）based calculations. We found that the Fe atoms were adsorbed on the centers of H2Nc molecules and formed Fe–H2Nc complexes at low coverage. DFT calculations show that Fe sited in the center of the molecule is the most stable configuration, in good agreement with the experimental observations. After an Fe–H2Nc complex monolayer was formed, the extra Fe atoms self-assembled to Fe clusters of uniform size and adsorbed dispersively at the interstitial positions of Fe–H2Nc complex monolayer. Therefore, the H2Nc monolayer grown on Ag（111） could be a good template to grow dispersed magnetic metal atoms and clusters at room temperature for further investigation of their magnetism-related properties.展开更多
We applied periodic density-functional theory to investigate the adsorption of HCN on x Ni@Pt（111） bimetallic surfaces（x = 1~4）. The results have been compared with those obtained on pure Ni（111） and Pt（111） s...We applied periodic density-functional theory to investigate the adsorption of HCN on x Ni@Pt（111） bimetallic surfaces（x = 1~4）. The results have been compared with those obtained on pure Ni（111） and Pt（111） surfaces. For all bimetallic surfaces,HCN is preferentially tilted with the CN bond parallel to the surface,and adsorption energies increase with an increasing number of layer Ni atoms on the surface. The adsorption energies of HCN on all bimetallic surfaces are larger than that on the Pt（111） surface,whereas the adsorption energies of HCN on 3Ni@Pt（111） and 4Ni@Pt（111） are larger than that on the Ni（111） surface,indicating that the introduction of Ni to the Pt catalyst could increase the activity of bimetallic catalyst in the hydrogenation reaction for nitriles. Larger adsorption energy of HCN leads to a longer C–N bond length and a smaller CN vibrational frequency. The analysis of Bader charge and vibrational frequencies showed obvious weakening of the adsorbed C–N bond and an indication of sp2 hybridization of both carbon and nitrogen atoms.展开更多
The mixed yield surfaces of fcc single crystals for slip on ｛111｝〈110〉 and mechanical twinning on ｛111｝〈112〉 systems have been derived when their critical resolved shear stresses are equal. It has been found t...The mixed yield surfaces of fcc single crystals for slip on ｛111｝〈110〉 and mechanical twinning on ｛111｝〈112〉 systems have been derived when their critical resolved shear stresses are equal. It has been found that there are 259 stress states that can be classified into 21 groups according to the crystal symmetry. Each group activates 5, 6 or 8 slip or/and twinning systems depending on crystallographically non equivalent slip or/and twinning systems groups. Among all those stress states, 3 groups activate 8 systems, including 21 stress states; 9 groups activate 5 systems, including 70 ones; the remaining 9 groups activate 5 systems, including 168 ones.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21171039)
文摘The adsorption behavior of methyl nitrite （MN） on the closed-packed Pd（111） sur- face has been investigated in detail by using density functional theory （DFT）. MN binds to the surface in two alternative forms, using the nitrogen atom attached to the surface. An overall net charge transfer from the substrate to the cis-MN molecule is also confirmed. In addition, the reaction mechanism for the dissociation of MN on the Pd（111） surface has been identified and compared with the methanol decomposition via O-H scission. The results demonstrate that MN is a more active reactant than methanol for the oxidative addition to the Pd catalyst. The possible reason has been analyzed from the adsorption behaviors and reaction barriers, that is, MN is chemically absorbed on the Pd（111） surface; the CHaO-NO bond scission, leading to the formation of adsorbed methoxy species, is much more favorable than that of the O-H bond scission and has a large exothermic behavior.
文摘Adsorption of CH3O at four sites （top, bridge, hcp, fcc） on Au（111） surface has been investigated by density functional theory method at the generalized gradient approximation level. We have performed calculations on adsorption energies, structures, Mulliken charges and vibrational frequencies of CH3O on Au（111） surface with full-geometry optimization. The predicted results are compared with the available experimental observation. The calculated CH3O adsorption structure and stretching vibrational frequencies agree well with experimental ones, and precise determinations of adsorption sites are carded out. The most favorite adsorption on Au（111） occurs at the bridge site, and O-C axis is tilted to the surface. However, on hollow sites （hcp, fcc） the species is adsorbed in an upright geometry （pseudo-C3v local symmetry）.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 20273013)the Important Special Foundation of Fujian Province (No 2005HZ01-2-6)the Natural Education Department Foundation of PhD Unit (No 20050386003)
文摘Thiophene adsorption on the（111） surfaces of Pd and Pt have been investigated by density functional theory.The results indicate that the adsorption at the hollow sites is the most stable.To our interest,the molecular plane of thiophene ring is distorted with C=C bond being elongated to 1.450 and C–C bond being shortened to 1.347 ,and the C–H bonds tilt 13.91～44.05o away from this plane.Furthermore,analysis on population and density of states verified the calculated adsorption geometries.Finally,charge analysis suggests that thiophene molecule is an electron acceptor,reflecting the interaction between the lone pair of sulfur and the d-orbitals of metal.
文摘The density functional theory（DFT） and self-consistent periodic calculation were used to investigate the methanol adsorption on the Pt-Mo（111）/C surface.The adsorption energies,equilibrium geometries and vibration frequencies of CH3OH on nine types of sites on the Pt-Mo（111）/C surface were predicted and the favorite adsorption site for methanol is the top-Pt site.Both sites of valence and conduction bands of doped system have been broadened,which are favorable for electrons to transfer to the cavity.The possible decomposition pathway was investigated with transition state searching and the calculation results indicate that the O-H bond is first broken,and then the methanol decomposes into methoxy.The activation barrier of O-H bond breaking with Pt-Mo catalyst is only 104.8 kJ mol-1,showing that carbon supported Pt-Mo alloys have promoted the decomposition of methanol.Comparing with the adsorption energies of CH3OH on the Pt（111）/C surface and that of CO,the adsorption energies of CO are higher,and Pt（111）/C is liable to be oxidized and loses the activity,which suggests that the catalyst Pt-Mo（111）/C is in favor of decomposing methanol and has better anti-poisoning ability than Pt（111）/C.
基金supported by the Special Foundation for Young Scientists of Fuzhou University (XRC-0644)Sci & Tech Promotion Foundation of Fuzhou University (XJJ-0605)+3 种基金the Key Project of Fujian Province (2005HZ01-2-6)Ph D Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (20050386003)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20273013)Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (2002F010)
文摘Thiophene adsorption on the Rh（111） surfaces has been investigated by density functional theory.The results show that the adsorption at the hollow and bridge sites is the most stable.The molecular plane of the thiophene ring is distorted,the C=C bond is stretched to 1.448 and the C–C bond is shortened to 1.390.The C–H bonds tilt 22～42oaway from the surface.The calculated adsorption geometries are in reasonable agreement with population analysis and density of states.The thiophene molecule obtains 0.74 electrons, reflecting the interaction between the lone pair of sulfur and the d-orbitals of metal. The reaction paths and transition states for desulfurization of the molecule have been investigated. The bridge adsorption structure of thiophene leads to a thiol via an activated reaction with an energetic barrier of 0.30 eV. This second step is slightly difficult, and dissociation into a C4H4 fragment and a sulfur atom is possible, with an energetic barrier of 0.40 eV.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20273013 20303002)+1 种基金 the Fujian Province Key Foundation (K02012) the State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry (020051) and Fuzhou University (2004XY04)
文摘The interaction of cyanide (CN) with different sites on Ni(111) surface is studied by using density functional theory (DFT). Ni19 cluster is used to simulate the surface. The present calculations show that the end-on bonded (through C atom) configuration is much more preferable than the side-on bonded CN or other configurations on the same adsorption site. For all adsorption modes, adsorption energies at the top, bridge, and three-fold sites on Ni(111) are comparable, with the bridge site of the end-on bonded CN (through C atom) more favorable than other adsorption sites. CN vibrational frequencies are red-shifted at all cases, except that the end-on CN bonded (through C atom) on the top site is blue-shifted. The bonding of CN on the Ni(111) surface is large- ly ionic.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant Nos 90406022 and 10674159）.
文摘We report the formation and local electronic structure of Ge clusters on the Si（111）-7×7 surface studied by using variable temperature scanning tunnelling microscopy （VT-STM） and low-temperature scanning tunnelling spectroscopy （STS）. Atom-resolved STM images reveal that the Ce atoms are prone to forming clusters with 1.0 nm in diameter for coverage up to 0.12 ML. Such Ce clusters preferentially nucleate at the centre of the faulted-half unit cells, leading to the ＇dark sites＇ of Si centre adatoms from the surrounding three unfaulted-half unit cells in filled-state images. Biasdependent STM images show the charge transfer from the neighbouring Si adatoms to Ce clusters. Low-temperature STS of the Ce clusters reveals that there is a band gap on the Ce cluster and the large voltage threshold is about 0.9 V.
基金Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province(No. 2009011014)
文摘The adsorption of CH3CN and CH3NC on the Pt(111)surface at the 1/4 monolayer(ML)coverage has been carried out at the level of density functional theory for understanding hydrogenation processes of nitriles.The most favored adsorption structure for CH3CN is the C-N bond almost parallel to the surface with the C-N bond interaction with adjacent surface Pt atoms.For CH3NC,the most stable configuration is the CH3NC locates at the face center cubic(fcc)site with the C-atom bonded to three Pt atoms.In addition,the HCN and HNC adsorption has been computed,and the adsorption pattern is nearly similar to the CH3CN and CH3NC,respectively.The adsorbed molecules rehybridize on the surface,becoming non-linear with a bent C-C-N or C-N-C angle.Furthermore,the binding mechanism of these molecules on the Pt(111)surface is also analyzed.
文摘In this work we have performed total-energy calculations of the chemisorption properties and STM images of Pt (111) ( × )R30°/CO Surface;STM Image;ChemisorptionR30°/CO surface by using the density functional theory (DFT) and the projector-augmented wave (PAW) method. The calculations show that carbon monoxide molecule (CO) adsorbs on FCC site in the Pt (111) ( × )R30°/ surface is energetically favored by the GGA-PBE XC-functional, this is in agreement with most of the theoretical calculations which is using different XC-functional at the most. However, these results strongly conflicted with the existing experiments. Actually the calculated work function for the FCC adsorption is quite different from the experiments while the atop one is in good agreement with experiments. We speculate that the atop adsorption for (CO is favorable for the adsorption case at the most. Furthermore, we have calculated the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) images for both adsorption geometries and suggest that there should be existed remarkable differences in the STM images. The present work provides a faithful criterion accounting for the local surface geometry in Pt (111) ( × )R30°/CO surface from surface work functions and STM images instead of totalenergy calculations.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61390501,51325204,and 11204361)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant Nos.2011CB808401 and 2011CB921702)+1 种基金the National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project of China(Grant No.2013YQ1203451)the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin,China,and the Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘Adsorption behavior of Fe atoms on a metal-free naphthalocyanine（H2Nc） monolayer on Ag（111） surface at room temperature has been investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy combined with density functional theory（DFT）based calculations. We found that the Fe atoms were adsorbed on the centers of H2Nc molecules and formed Fe–H2Nc complexes at low coverage. DFT calculations show that Fe sited in the center of the molecule is the most stable configuration, in good agreement with the experimental observations. After an Fe–H2Nc complex monolayer was formed, the extra Fe atoms self-assembled to Fe clusters of uniform size and adsorbed dispersively at the interstitial positions of Fe–H2Nc complex monolayer. Therefore, the H2Nc monolayer grown on Ag（111） could be a good template to grow dispersed magnetic metal atoms and clusters at room temperature for further investigation of their magnetism-related properties.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21203027,21373048,21371034)Scientific Development Fund of Fuzhou University(2012-XQ-11)
文摘We applied periodic density-functional theory to investigate the adsorption of HCN on x Ni@Pt（111） bimetallic surfaces（x = 1~4）. The results have been compared with those obtained on pure Ni（111） and Pt（111） surfaces. For all bimetallic surfaces,HCN is preferentially tilted with the CN bond parallel to the surface,and adsorption energies increase with an increasing number of layer Ni atoms on the surface. The adsorption energies of HCN on all bimetallic surfaces are larger than that on the Pt（111） surface,whereas the adsorption energies of HCN on 3Ni@Pt（111） and 4Ni@Pt（111） are larger than that on the Ni（111） surface,indicating that the introduction of Ni to the Pt catalyst could increase the activity of bimetallic catalyst in the hydrogenation reaction for nitriles. Larger adsorption energy of HCN leads to a longer C–N bond length and a smaller CN vibrational frequency. The analysis of Bader charge and vibrational frequencies showed obvious weakening of the adsorbed C–N bond and an indication of sp2 hybridization of both carbon and nitrogen atoms.
文摘The mixed yield surfaces of fcc single crystals for slip on ｛111｝〈110〉 and mechanical twinning on ｛111｝〈112〉 systems have been derived when their critical resolved shear stresses are equal. It has been found that there are 259 stress states that can be classified into 21 groups according to the crystal symmetry. Each group activates 5, 6 or 8 slip or/and twinning systems depending on crystallographically non equivalent slip or/and twinning systems groups. Among all those stress states, 3 groups activate 8 systems, including 21 stress states; 9 groups activate 5 systems, including 70 ones; the remaining 9 groups activate 5 systems, including 168 ones.
