Computer simulation of the surface structures of WO3

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作者
Oliver, PM [1 ]
Parker, SC [1 ]
Egdell, RG [1 ]
Jones, FH [1 ]
机构
[1] NEW CHEM LAB, OXFORD OX1 2QR, ENGLAND
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JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-FARADAY TRANSACTIONS | 1996年 / 92卷 / 12期
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10.1039/ft9969202049
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Surface energies have been calculated for the {110}, {111} and five reconstructions of the {001} surface of idealised cubic tungsten oxide (WO3). This gave surface energies of 1.58 J m(-2) for the perfect {110} surface, 4.89 J m(-2) for the most stable oxygen terminated {111} surface and 1.39 J m(-2) for the most stable (root 2 x root 2)R45 degrees reconstruction of the {001} surface. The latter has been observed experimentally using scanning tunnelling microscopy on the monoclinic phase of WO3. More complex reconstructions were considered for the {110} and {111} surfaces. On microfacetting, the {110} surface was slightly destabilised, but only by 0.06 J m(-2) to 1.64 J m(-2), suggesting that there could be regions on the surface that become facetted on annealing. In contrast, the {111} surface was stabilised to a large extent from 4.89 J m(-2) to 1.50 J m(-2) for the oxygen terminated surface. Thus it is predicted that cleaving and annealing the {111} surface will result in a facetted surface. In addition to considering the stoichiometric surfaces we modelled the reduced {001} surface by the introduction of oxygen vacancies and W-V. This led to negative surface energies at high coverages indicating that, thermodynamically, the surface will form spontaneously.
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页码:2049 / 2056
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