Adiabatic potential-energy surface of O2/Al(111):: rare entrance-channel barriers but molecularly chemisorbed state apt for abstraction

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作者
Yourdshahyan, Y [1 ]
Razaznejad, B
Lundqvist, BI
机构
[1] Chalmers, Dept Appl Phys, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
[2] Univ Gothenburg, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
关键词
metals; spin-orbit effects; spin dynamics;
D O I
10.1016/S0038-1098(00)00509-3
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
Extensive density-functional calculations of the adiabatic potential-energy hypersurface for O-2 adsorption on the Al(111) surface present (i) an entrance-channel barrier only under some very rare conditions and (ii) a molecularly chemisorbed intermediate state for a non-parallel molecule. The predicted metastable molecular state is stabilized by a Hund's rule spin effect on the very inequivalent oxygen atoms of the non-parallel O-2 in the strong Al-surface field. It provides a source for abstraction, i.e. dissociative decay by emission of one oxygen atom. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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