First-principles statistical mechanics approach to step decoration at surfaces

Details First-principles statistical mechanics approach to step decoration at surfaces First-principles statistical mechanics approach to step decoration at surfaces

2008-10-14

arxiv.org/abs/0810.2504v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages including 3 figures; related publications can be found at http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/th/th.html

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.cplett.2008.10.026

Using a first-principles parameterized lattice-gas Hamiltonian we study the adsorbate ordering behavior at atomic steps of a Pd(100) surface exposed to an oxygen environment. We identify a wide range of gas-phase conditions comprising near atmospheric pressures and elevated temperatures around 900 K, in which the step is decorated by a characteristic O zigzag arrangement. For catalytic processes like the high-temperature combustion of methane that operate under these conditions our approach thus provides first insight into the structure and composition at a prominent defect on the working surface.

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