Adsorption of methanol and methoxy on the α-Cr2O3(0001) surface

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作者
Borck, Oyvind [1 ]
Schroder, Elsebeth
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[1] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, NO-7034 Trondheim, Norway
[2] Chalmers Univ Technol, Dept Appl Phys, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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10.1088/0953-8984/18/48/003
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We present density functional theory calculations of methanol and methoxy adsorption at the Cr-terminated alpha-Cr2O3(0001) surface. We report on the equilibrium geometries of the adsorbed methanol and methoxy molecules, analyse the bonding to the surface, and discuss the dissociation energetics of methanol into methoxy on the surface. We found that methanol adsorbs with its O atom situated above a threefold coordinated hollow site in the surface O layer at a distance of 2.12 angstrom from the nearest-neighbour Cr atom, and with a calculated adsorption energy of 0.82 eV. For the methoxy molecule we found the optimum adsorption geometry to be with the methoxy O on top of a Cr atom and with the CO-axis tilted away from the surface normal by similar to 55 degrees. Methoxy is strongly bound to the surface with an estimated adsorption energy of 3.3 eV.
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