Scaling properties of adsorption energies for hydrogen-containing molecules on transition-metal surfaces

  • F. Abild-Pedersen
  • , J. Greeley
  • , F. Studt
  • , J. Rossmeisl
  • , T. R. Munter
  • , P. G. Moses
  • , Egill Skúlason
  • , T. Bligaard
  • , J. K. Nørskov

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Abstract

Density functional theory calculations are presented for CHx, x=0,1,2,3, NHx, x=0,1,2, OHx, x=0,1, and SHx, x=0,1 adsorption on a range of close-packed and stepped transition-metal surfaces. We find that the adsorption energy of any of the molecules considered scales approximately with the adsorption energy of the central, C, N, O, or S atom, the scaling constant depending only on x. A model is proposed to understand this behavior. The scaling model is developed into a general framework for estimating the reaction energies for hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number016105
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume99
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jul 2007

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