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Interaction of O-2 and N-2 molecules with Au deposited on regular and defective CaO (001) surfaces: Density functional calculations
Faculty
Science
Year:
2013
Type of Publication:
Article
Pages:
341-352
Authors:
Shalabi, A. S, Halim, W. S. Abdel, Aal, S. Abdel
DOI:
10.1016/j.tsf.2013.08.006
Journal:
THIN SOLID FILMS ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
Volume:
545
Research Area:
Materials Science; Physics
ISSN
ISI:000324820800055
Keywords :
Ab initio calculations, Calcium oxide, Gold, Surface reactions, Oxygen, Nitrogen adsorption, Charge transfer
Abstract:
The adsorption of O-2 and N-2 on gold atoms deposited at regular O2- site and neutral oxygen vacancy (Fs site) that is the most reactive sites of the CaO (001) surface, has been studied by means of the density functional theory calculations and embedded cluster model. Two different orientations, perpendicular and parallel, for the O-2 and N-2 molecules approaching the surface have been considered. Fundamental aspects such as adsorption energy, natural bond orbital, charge transfer, band gaps, the spin densities, the densities of states, total charge-density contours, pairwise and non-pairwise additivity are elucidated to analyze the adsorption properties of O-2 and N-2. It is observed that the adsorption of O-2 is stronger at the Au atom that is supported on the Fs site than on the anionic site. Therefore, the presence of supported Au particle strongly stabilizes the adsorption of O-2. The molecular bonding mechanism to these complexes involves charge transfer to the oxygen moleculewith a concomitant activation of the O-O bond to a superoxo-like state. On the contrary, Au deposited at CaO(O2-) and CaO(F-s) sites does not exhibit any tendency to bind N2. The charge transfer between Au atom and N-2 molecule is not significant in these adsorption systems. The binding of O-2 precursor is mostly dominated by the metal E-(i)(Au-O2) pairwise additive contributions, and the role of the CaO is not restricted to supporting the metal. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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