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

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2012-01-11
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Usingfirst-principlescalculations,wesystematicallystudythedissociationsofO2moleculesondifferentultrathinPb(111)films.AccordingtoourpreviousworkrevealingthemolecularadsorptionprecursorstatesforO2,wefurtherexplorewhytherearetwonearlydegenerateadsorptionstatesonPb(111)ultrathinfilms,butnoprecursoradsorptionstatesexistingatallonMg(0001)andAl(111)surfaces.Thereasonisconcludedtobethedifferentsurfaceelectronicstructures.FortheO2dissociation,weconsiderboththereactionchannelsfromgas-likeandmolecularlyadsorbedO2molecules.WefindthattheenergybarrierforO2dissociationfromthemolecularadsorptionprecursorstatesisalwayssmallerthanthatfromO2gas.ThemostenergeticallyfavorabledissociationprocessisfoundtobethesameondifferentPb(111)films,andtheenergybarriersarefoundtobeinfluencedbythequantumsizeeffectsofPb(111)films.