Rotation of hydrogen molecules during the dissociative adsorption on the Mg(0001) surface: A first-principles study

Details Rotation of hydrogen molecules during the dissociative adsorption on the Mg(0001) surface: A first-principles study Rotation of hydrogen molecules during the dissociative adsorption on the Mg(0001) surface: A first-principles study

2009-06-25

arxiv.org/abs/0906.4621v2

Chin. Phys. B 19, 058201 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

14 pages, 4 figures

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Using first-principles calculations, we systematically study the potential energy surfaces and dissociation processes of the hydrogen molecule on the Mg(0001) surface. It is found that during the dissociative adsorption process with the minimum energy barrier, the hydrogen molecule firstly orients perpendicular, and then rotates to be parallel to the surface. It is also found that the orientation of the hydrogen molecule at the transition state is neither perpendicular nor parallel to the surface. Most importantly, we find that the rotation causes a reduction of the calculated dissociation energy barrier for the hydrogen molecule. The underlying electronic reasons for the rotation of the hydrogen molecule is also discussed in our paper.

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