{ital Ab} {ital initio} study of a CO monolayer adsorbed on the (10{bar 1}0) surface of ZnO
- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352 (United States)
Periodic Hartree{endash}Fock total energy calculations on two-dimensionally periodic slabs have been used to predict the equilibrium geometry of a monolayer of carbon monoxide molecules adsorbed on the nonpolar (10{bar 1}0) surface of ZnO. Two physisorbed (or weakly chemisorbed) minimum energy configurations are found. In one the CO molecules adsorb with their oxygen atoms coordinated to surface Zn atoms, while in the other the carbon atoms are coordinated to surface Zn atoms. The two calculated minima are very close in energy. In the second geometry, the C{endash}Zn {open_quote}{open_quote}bond{close_quote}{close_quote} and the C{endash}O bond make angles of 32.5{degree} and 39.5{degree} with the surface normal, and the intramolecular bond shortens slightly from its free value in reasonable agreement with experimental results. No binding of CO to the surface oxygen atoms is predicted. Surface-related changes in the vibrational frequencies for the adsorbed molecules agree reasonably well with infrared spectroscopic data, and the {open_quote}{open_quote}carbon-down{close_quote}{close_quote} binding energy of the molecule with the surface is in good agreement with thermal desorption data (though electron correlation effects have to be included in the calculation to obtain acceptable results for low surface coverage). {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 278646
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 104, Issue 9; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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