The HCNH and CNH2 adsorption on different coordination sites of Cu(100) was theoretically studied considering the cluster approach. The present calculations show that the bridge site is the most favorite for CNH2 perpendicularly adsorbed on the Cu(100) surface via the C atom. For HCNH absorbed on the Cu(100) surface=the parallel adsorption mode with the C and N atoms nearly directly above the adjacent top sites of Cu(100) surface is the most favored. Both CNH2 and HCNH are strongly bound to the Cu(100) surface with CNH2 which is lightly stable (2.51 kJ.mol-1)=indicating that both species may be co-adsorbed on the Cu(100) surface.
The addition reactions of alkenes and alkynes to the H-terminated GaN (0001) surface with a Ga dangling-bond have been studied employing periodic density functional theory (PDFT) calculations. Detailed information on the reaction pathways of these alkenes and alkynes with H-GaN (0001) surface is provided, which indicates that the reactions contain two steps separated by the metastable intermediates: elementary addition reaction and H-abstraction process. From the energy curves, the reactions are clearly viable in the cases of ethene, styrene and phenylacetylene; while for ethyne, the H-abstraction barrier is higher than the desorption barrier of the intermediate, so the adsorbed C2H2 in intermediate is more likely to be desorbed back into the gas phase than to form a stable adsorbed species. Furthermore, it is obvious that for either alkenes or alkynes, the systems substituted by phenyl have more stable intermediates because π conjugation could improve their stabilities.
The absorption and emission spectra of the wurtzite Mn-doped GaN were calculated with cluster models.The predicted lattice parameters become slightly larger than those of undoped cluster.The average bond length of Mn-N is longer than that of Ga-N.Spin density shows that one Mn atom in these clusters has four single electrons with the same direction of the spin polarity.The new energy level with light Mn-doping appears at 1.37 eV above the valance band.The absorption spectra of Mn-doped GaN cover the visible light region.The calculated emission spectra show that the green luminescence of GaN material in experiment did not result from Mn dopant.With the increase of Mn doping,the emission intensity of yellow or blue band increases to different extent and the band-to-band emission band shows red shift from peak at 3.34 to 3.24 eV.
We report a theoretical study on the electronic structures of O2 chemisorbed on a(8,0) SWNT with different oxygen contents of 6.25,12.5 and 25%,respectively.On the basis of DFT calculations,we find that eight O2 molecules chemisorbed on the(8,0) SWNT aligned in the middle row of the circumference of the tube in proportional spacing way,is seen to become metallic,and a significant increase in conductivity is expected.There are different electronic structures of the functionalized systems related to different oxygen contents or O2 molecules' chemisorbed positions.
The reduced SnO2(110) surface has been investigated by using first-principles method with a slab model. By examining the vacancy formation energy of three kinds of reduced SnO2(110) surfaces, the most energetically favorable defect surface is confirmed to be the surface with the coexistence of bridging and in-plane oxygen vacancies, which is different with the traditional model by only removing bridging oxygen. The results of band structure calculations indicate that the electronic structure of this defect surface is similar to the SnO surface.
ZHANG Yong-Fan LIN Wei WANG Qi-Wei LI Yi LI Jun-Qian
The adsorption of cyanide on the top site of a series of transition metal M(100) (M = Cu, Ag, Au, Ni, Pd, Pt) surfaces via carbon and nitrogen atoms respectively, with the CN axis perpendicular to the surface, has been studied by means of density functional theory and cluster model. Geometry, adsorption energy and vibrational frequencies have been determined, and the present calculations show that the adsorption of CN through C-end on metal surface is more favorable than that via N-end for the same surface. The vibrational frequencies of CN for C-down configuration on surface are blue-shifted with respect to the free CN, which is contrary to the change of vibrational frequencies when CN is adsorbed by N-down structure. Furthermore, the charge transfer from surface to CN causes the increase of surface work function.
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are performed to investigate the electronic structure and ferromagnetism of (In, Cr)2O3. The densities of states suggest that the Cr dopants provide nearly 100% polarization of the conduction carriers and the ferromagnetic ground state in Cr-doped In2O3 can be explained from p-d hybridization mechanism. The calculation results also show that the ferromagnetism is strengthened in the presence of oxygen vacancy.
The adsorption and decomposition of H2O on GaN(0001) surface have been explo-red employing density functional theory (DFT). Two distinct adsorption features of H2O on GaN(0001) corresponding to molecular adsorption and H-OH dissociative adsorption are revealed by our calculations. The activities of the surface reactions of H2O on GaN(0001) surface are investigated. For the stepwise processes of H2O decomposition into H2 in gas phase and adsorbed O atom (H2O(g) → H2O(chem)→ OH(chem) + H(chem)→ 2H(chem) + O(chem)→ H2(g) + O(chem)), the first and second steps are facile and can even occur at room temperature; while the last two have high barriers and thus are difficult to proceed, especially the fourth step is endothermic. In short, H2O adsorption and decomposition into H2 in gas phase and adsorbed O atom on GaN(0001) surface are exothermic by -43.98 kcal/mol.
