First-principles study of stability of helium-vacancy complexes below tungsten surfaces
Abstract
Density function theory calculations have been performed to study the stability of small helium-vacancy (He-V) complexes near tungsten (W) surfaces of different orientations. The results show that the stability of vacancies and He-V complexes near W surfaces depends on surface orientation. However, as the depth below the surface increased beyond about 0.65–0.8 nm, the stability of He-V complexes is similar to the bulk. The formation energies of single vacancies and di-vacancies at depths less than 0.2 nm below the W(110) surface are higher than for W(100) or W(111) surfaces, but have lower energies at depths between 0.2 and 0.65 nm. The formation energies of He-V complexes below W surfaces are sensitive to the geometric orientation of the He and vacancy, especially below the W(111) surface. Within about 0.2 nm of the top layer of the three W surfaces, neither a vacancy nor a di-vacancy can trap He. Because of the lower formation energy of He-V complexes and higher He binding energy to vacancies below the W(110) surface, the He desorption from the W(110) surface is less likely to occur than from the W(100) and W(111) surfaces. Here, our results provide fundamental insight into the differences in surface morphology changes observedmore »
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- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); UT-Battelle LLC/ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1543860
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1438952
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH111231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 123; Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Physics
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Yang, Li, Bergstrom, Z. J., and Wirth, B. D. First-principles study of stability of helium-vacancy complexes below tungsten surfaces. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5027088.
Yang, Li, Bergstrom, Z. J., & Wirth, B. D. First-principles study of stability of helium-vacancy complexes below tungsten surfaces. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5027088
Yang, Li, Bergstrom, Z. J., and Wirth, B. D. Thu .
"First-principles study of stability of helium-vacancy complexes below tungsten surfaces". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5027088. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1543860.
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title = {First-principles study of stability of helium-vacancy complexes below tungsten surfaces},
author = {Yang, Li and Bergstrom, Z. J. and Wirth, B. D.},
abstractNote = {Density function theory calculations have been performed to study the stability of small helium-vacancy (He-V) complexes near tungsten (W) surfaces of different orientations. The results show that the stability of vacancies and He-V complexes near W surfaces depends on surface orientation. However, as the depth below the surface increased beyond about 0.65–0.8 nm, the stability of He-V complexes is similar to the bulk. The formation energies of single vacancies and di-vacancies at depths less than 0.2 nm below the W(110) surface are higher than for W(100) or W(111) surfaces, but have lower energies at depths between 0.2 and 0.65 nm. The formation energies of He-V complexes below W surfaces are sensitive to the geometric orientation of the He and vacancy, especially below the W(111) surface. Within about 0.2 nm of the top layer of the three W surfaces, neither a vacancy nor a di-vacancy can trap He. Because of the lower formation energy of He-V complexes and higher He binding energy to vacancies below the W(110) surface, the He desorption from the W(110) surface is less likely to occur than from the W(100) and W(111) surfaces. Here, our results provide fundamental insight into the differences in surface morphology changes observed in single W crystals with different surface orientations under He plasma exposure.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5027088},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 20,
volume = 123,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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