Oxygen molecule dissociation on the Al(111) surface

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作者
Honkala, K [1 ]
Laasonen, K [1 ]
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[1] Univ Oulu, Dept Chem, Oulu 90401, Finland
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.705
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The dissociative adsorption of the O-2 On the Al(111) surface is studied using ab initio calculations based on density-functional theory. In the sticking probability experiments an activation barrier for the O-2 dissociation exists, but our calculations predict a barrier only for one trajectory. Also our results do not support the model of charge transfer from the surface to the molecule as a bond breaking mechanism. Instead, the increasing hybridization between O-2 orbitals and Al states, when the adsorbate approaches the slab, is significant for the dissociation.
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