Abstract＂ Ab initio density functional theory （DFT） was employed to study geometric and electronic structure of MgF2 （110） surface. Three different clean surface models have been considered. The results show that...Abstract＂ Ab initio density functional theory （DFT） was employed to study geometric and electronic structure of MgF2 （110） surface. Three different clean surface models have been considered. The results show that the surface terminated with one-layer F has the smallest relaxation and the lowest surface energy, which indicates this model is the most energetically favorable structure of MgF2（110） surface. Furthermore, the electronic properties are also discussed from the point of density of states and charge density. Analysis of electronic structure shows that the band gap of the surface is significantly narrowed with respect to the bulk. The electrons of the surface exhibit strong locality and larger effective mass.展开更多
The electronic properties of FeS 2 (100) surface were studied by using a density functional theory(DFT) method. The very stable (100) surface does not give any significant geometric relaxation and can be regarded as a...The electronic properties of FeS 2 (100) surface were studied by using a density functional theory(DFT) method. The very stable (100) surface does not give any significant geometric relaxation and can be regarded as a simple termination of the bulk structure along a plane of cleaved Fe S bonds. The electronic structure of FeS 2 (100) surface is characterized by surface states in its forbidden zone. The highest occupied and the lowest unoccupied states localize at surface Fe sites. Fe sites are energetically favored over S 2 sites for redox interaction with electron donor or acceptor species on (100) surface.展开更多
In this paper, the density functional theory has been used to perform a comparative theoretical study of water monomer, dimer, trimer, and bilayer adsorptions on the Be（0001） surface. In our calculations, the adsorb...In this paper, the density functional theory has been used to perform a comparative theoretical study of water monomer, dimer, trimer, and bilayer adsorptions on the Be（0001） surface. In our calculations, the adsorbed water molecules are energetically favoured adsorbed on the atop sites, and the dimer adsorption is found to be the most stable with a peak adsorption energy of - 437 meV. Further analyses have revealed that the essential bonding interaction between the water monomer and the metal substrate is the hybridization of the water 3al-like molecular orbital with the （s, P2） orbitals of the surface beryllium atoms. While in the case of the water dimer adsorption, the lbz-like orbital of the H2O molecule plays a dominant role.展开更多
The adsorption characteristics of Cs on GaN （0001） and GaN （0001） surfaces with a coverage from 1/4 to 1 monolayer have been investigated using the density functional theory with a plane-wave uttrasoft pseudopoten...The adsorption characteristics of Cs on GaN （0001） and GaN （0001） surfaces with a coverage from 1/4 to 1 monolayer have been investigated using the density functional theory with a plane-wave uttrasoft pseudopotential method based on first-principles calculations. The results show that the most stable position of the Cs adatom on the GaN （0001） surface is at the N-bridge site for 1/4 monolayer coverage. As the coverage of Cs atoms at the N-bridge site is increased, the adsorption energy reduces. As the Cs atoms achieve saturation, the adsorption is no longer stable when the coverage is 3/4 monolayer. The work function achieves its minimum value when the Cs adatom coverage is 2/4 monolayer, and then rises with Cs atomic coverage. The most stable position of Cs adatoms on the GaN （000i） surface is at H3 site for 1/4 monolayer coverage. As the Cs atomic coverage at H3 site is increased, the adsorption energy reduces, and the adsorption is still stable when the Cs adatom coverage is 1 monolayer. The work function reduces persistently, and does not rise with the increase of Cs coverage.展开更多
Kinetic investigations including quasi-classical trajectory and canonical unified statistical theory method calculations are carried out on a potential energy surface for the hydrogen-abstraction reaction from methane...Kinetic investigations including quasi-classical trajectory and canonical unified statistical theory method calculations are carried out on a potential energy surface for the hydrogen-abstraction reaction from methane by atom O(^3P).The surface is constructed using a modified Shepard interpolation method.The ab initio calculations are performed at the CCSD(T)level.Taking account of the contribution of inner core electrons to electronic correlation interaction in ab initio electronic structure calculations,modified optimized aug-cc-pCVQZ basis sets are applied to the all-electrons calculations.On this potential energy surface,the triplet oxygen atom attacks methane in a near-collinear H-CH3 direction to form a saddle point with barrier height of 13.55 kcal/mol,which plays a key role in the kinetics of the title reaction.For the temperature range of 298-2500 K,our calculated thermal rate constants for the O(^3P)+CH4→OH+CH3 reaction show good agreement with relevant experimental data.This work provides detailed mechanism of this gas-phase reaction and a theoretical guidance for methane combustion.展开更多
Many materials have been used in nanostructured devices;the goal of attaining high-efficiency thin-film solar cells in such a way has yet to be achieved. Heterojunctions based on ZnO/Cu2O oxides have recently emerged ...Many materials have been used in nanostructured devices;the goal of attaining high-efficiency thin-film solar cells in such a way has yet to be achieved. Heterojunctions based on ZnO/Cu2O oxides have recently emerged as promising materials for high-efficiency nanostructured devices. In this work, we are interested in the characterization of the surface and interface through nano-scale modeling based on ab initio (Density Functional Theory (DFT), Local Density Approximation (LDA), Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA-PBE), and Pseudopotential (PP)). This study aims also to build a supercell containing a ZnO/Cu2O heterojunction and study the structural properties and the discontinuity of the valence band (band offset) from a semiconductor to an-other. We investigate crystal terminations of ZnO (0001) and Cu2O (0001). We calculate the energies of the polar surfaces and the work function in the c-axis for both oxides. We built a zinc oxide layer in the wurtzite structure along the [0001] direction, on which we placed a copper oxide layer in the hexagonal structure (CdI2-type). We choose the method of Van de Walle and Martin to calcu-late the energy offset. This approach fits well with the DFT. Our calculations give us a value that corresponds to other experimental and theoretical values.展开更多
基金Founded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.5087407, 960976018, 51002102)Youth Foundation of Taiyuan University of Technology (No.2012L037)
文摘Abstract＂ Ab initio density functional theory （DFT） was employed to study geometric and electronic structure of MgF2 （110） surface. Three different clean surface models have been considered. The results show that the surface terminated with one-layer F has the smallest relaxation and the lowest surface energy, which indicates this model is the most energetically favorable structure of MgF2（110） surface. Furthermore, the electronic properties are also discussed from the point of density of states and charge density. Analysis of electronic structure shows that the band gap of the surface is significantly narrowed with respect to the bulk. The electrons of the surface exhibit strong locality and larger effective mass.
文摘The electronic properties of FeS 2 (100) surface were studied by using a density functional theory(DFT) method. The very stable (100) surface does not give any significant geometric relaxation and can be regarded as a simple termination of the bulk structure along a plane of cleaved Fe S bonds. The electronic structure of FeS 2 (100) surface is characterized by surface states in its forbidden zone. The highest occupied and the lowest unoccupied states localize at surface Fe sites. Fe sites are energetically favored over S 2 sites for redox interaction with electron donor or acceptor species on (100) surface.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11074217)
文摘In this paper, the density functional theory has been used to perform a comparative theoretical study of water monomer, dimer, trimer, and bilayer adsorptions on the Be（0001） surface. In our calculations, the adsorbed water molecules are energetically favoured adsorbed on the atop sites, and the dimer adsorption is found to be the most stable with a peak adsorption energy of - 437 meV. Further analyses have revealed that the essential bonding interaction between the water monomer and the metal substrate is the hybridization of the water 3al-like molecular orbital with the （s, P2） orbitals of the surface beryllium atoms. While in the case of the water dimer adsorption, the lbz-like orbital of the H2O molecule plays a dominant role.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60871012 and 61171042)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (Grant No. ZR2010FL018)the Higher Educational Science and Technology Program of Shandong Province,China (Grant No. J10LG74)
文摘The adsorption characteristics of Cs on GaN （0001） and GaN （0001） surfaces with a coverage from 1/4 to 1 monolayer have been investigated using the density functional theory with a plane-wave uttrasoft pseudopotential method based on first-principles calculations. The results show that the most stable position of the Cs adatom on the GaN （0001） surface is at the N-bridge site for 1/4 monolayer coverage. As the coverage of Cs atoms at the N-bridge site is increased, the adsorption energy reduces. As the Cs atoms achieve saturation, the adsorption is no longer stable when the coverage is 3/4 monolayer. The work function achieves its minimum value when the Cs adatom coverage is 2/4 monolayer, and then rises with Cs atomic coverage. The most stable position of Cs adatoms on the GaN （000i） surface is at H3 site for 1/4 monolayer coverage. As the Cs atomic coverage at H3 site is increased, the adsorption energy reduces, and the adsorption is still stable when the Cs adatom coverage is 1 monolayer. The work function reduces persistently, and does not rise with the increase of Cs coverage.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51574016)and completed while the author was in residence at UNSW,Australia supported by the International Cooperation Training Program for Innovative Talents of USTB.
文摘Kinetic investigations including quasi-classical trajectory and canonical unified statistical theory method calculations are carried out on a potential energy surface for the hydrogen-abstraction reaction from methane by atom O(^3P).The surface is constructed using a modified Shepard interpolation method.The ab initio calculations are performed at the CCSD(T)level.Taking account of the contribution of inner core electrons to electronic correlation interaction in ab initio electronic structure calculations,modified optimized aug-cc-pCVQZ basis sets are applied to the all-electrons calculations.On this potential energy surface,the triplet oxygen atom attacks methane in a near-collinear H-CH3 direction to form a saddle point with barrier height of 13.55 kcal/mol,which plays a key role in the kinetics of the title reaction.For the temperature range of 298-2500 K,our calculated thermal rate constants for the O(^3P)+CH4→OH+CH3 reaction show good agreement with relevant experimental data.This work provides detailed mechanism of this gas-phase reaction and a theoretical guidance for methane combustion.
文摘Many materials have been used in nanostructured devices;the goal of attaining high-efficiency thin-film solar cells in such a way has yet to be achieved. Heterojunctions based on ZnO/Cu2O oxides have recently emerged as promising materials for high-efficiency nanostructured devices. In this work, we are interested in the characterization of the surface and interface through nano-scale modeling based on ab initio (Density Functional Theory (DFT), Local Density Approximation (LDA), Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA-PBE), and Pseudopotential (PP)). This study aims also to build a supercell containing a ZnO/Cu2O heterojunction and study the structural properties and the discontinuity of the valence band (band offset) from a semiconductor to an-other. We investigate crystal terminations of ZnO (0001) and Cu2O (0001). We calculate the energies of the polar surfaces and the work function in the c-axis for both oxides. We built a zinc oxide layer in the wurtzite structure along the [0001] direction, on which we placed a copper oxide layer in the hexagonal structure (CdI2-type). We choose the method of Van de Walle and Martin to calcu-late the energy offset. This approach fits well with the DFT. Our calculations give us a value that corresponds to other experimental and theoretical values.
