中国物理B ›› 2012, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (1): 16801-016801.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/21/1/016801

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Dissociations of O2 molecules on ultrathin Pb(111) films: first-principles plane wave calculations

杨宇1, 孙博1, 张平1, 汪文川2, 邵晓红2, 胡自玉3   

  1. (1)Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China; (2)Laboratory of Molecular and Materials Simulation, Key Laboratory for Nanomaterials of Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China; (3)Laboratory of Molecular and Materials Simulation, Key Laboratory for Nanomaterials of Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China; Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computatio
  • 收稿日期:2011-06-02 修回日期:2011-08-11 出版日期:2012-01-15 发布日期:2012-01-20
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90921003, 10904004 and 60776063) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. JD1109).

Dissociations of O2 molecules on ultrathin Pb(111) films: first-principles plane wave calculations

Hu Zi-Yu(胡自玉)a)b), Yang Yu(杨宇)b), Sun Bo(孙博)b), Zhang Ping(张平)b)†, Wang Wen-Chuan(汪文川)a), and Shao Xiao-Hong(邵晓红)a)‡   

  1. a Laboratory of Molecular and Materials Simulation, Key Laboratory for Nanomaterials of Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China; b Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
  • Received:2011-06-02 Revised:2011-08-11 Online:2012-01-15 Published:2012-01-20
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90921003, 10904004 and 60776063) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. JD1109).

摘要: Using first-principles calculations, we systematically study the dissociations of O2 molecules on different ultrathin Pb(111) films. According to our previous work revealing the molecular adsorption precursor states for O2, we further explore why there are two nearly degenerate adsorption states on Pb(111) ultrathin films, but no precursor adsorption states existing at all on Mg(0001) and Al(111) surfaces. The reason is concluded to be the different surface electronic structures. For the O2 dissociation, we consider both the reaction channels from gas-like and molecularly adsorbed O2 molecules. We find that the energy barrier for O2 dissociation from the molecular adsorption precursor states is always smaller than that from O2 gas. The most energetically favorable dissociation process is found to be the same on different Pb(111) films, and the energy barriers are found to be influenced by the quantum size effects of Pb(111) films.

关键词: first-principles calculation, dissociation, Pb(111), quantum size effects

Abstract: Using first-principles calculations, we systematically study the dissociations of O2 molecules on different ultrathin Pb(111) films. According to our previous work revealing the molecular adsorption precursor states for O2, we further explore why there are two nearly degenerate adsorption states on Pb(111) ultrathin films, but no precursor adsorption states existing at all on Mg(0001) and Al(111) surfaces. The reason is concluded to be the different surface electronic structures. For the O2 dissociation, we consider both the reaction channels from gas-like and molecularly adsorbed O2 molecules. We find that the energy barrier for O2 dissociation from the molecular adsorption precursor states is always smaller than that from O2 gas. The most energetically favorable dissociation process is found to be the same on different Pb(111) films, and the energy barriers are found to be influenced by the quantum size effects of Pb(111) films.

Key words: first-principles calculation, dissociation, Pb(111), quantum size effects

中图分类号:  (Ab initio calculations of adsorbate structure and reactions)

  • 68.43.Bc
68.43.Fg (Adsorbate structure (binding sites, geometry)) 73.20.Hb (Impurity and defect levels; energy states of adsorbed species)