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Title: Experimental characterization of hydrogen adsorption sites for H/W(111) using low energy ion scattering

Abstract

Low energy ion scattering (LEIS) and direct recoil spectroscopy (DRS) are among the few experimental techniques that allow for the direct detection of hydrogen on a surface. Here, the interpretation of LEIS and DRS measurements, however, is often made difficult by complexities that can arise from complicated scattering processes. Previously, these complexities were successfully navigated to identify the exact binding configurations of hydrogen on a few surfaces using a simple channeling model for the projectile ion along the surface. For the W(111) surface structure, this simple channeling model breaks down due to the large lateral atomic spacing on the surface and small interlayer spacing. Instead, our observed hydrogen recoil signal can only be explained by considering not just channeling along the surface but also scattering from subsurface atoms. Using this more complete model, together with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we determine that hydrogen adsorbs to the bond-centered site for the W(111)+H(ads) system. Additional MD simulations were performed to further constrain the adsorption site to a height h = 1.0 ± 0.1 Å and a position dBC = 1.6 ± 0.1 Å along the bond between neighbors in first and second layers. Our determination of the hydrogen adsorption site is consistentmore » with density functional theory simulation results in the literature.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  3. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
OSTI Identifier:
1581977
Report Number(s):
SAND-2019-14167J
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO; 681648; TRN: US2102084
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525; SC0006661; AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 100; Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Wong, Chun-Shang, Whaley, Josh A., Bergstrom, Z. J., Wirth, Brian D., and Kolasinski, Robert D. Experimental characterization of hydrogen adsorption sites for H/W(111) using low energy ion scattering. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.245405.
Wong, Chun-Shang, Whaley, Josh A., Bergstrom, Z. J., Wirth, Brian D., & Kolasinski, Robert D. Experimental characterization of hydrogen adsorption sites for H/W(111) using low energy ion scattering. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.245405
Wong, Chun-Shang, Whaley, Josh A., Bergstrom, Z. J., Wirth, Brian D., and Kolasinski, Robert D. Thu . "Experimental characterization of hydrogen adsorption sites for H/W(111) using low energy ion scattering". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.245405. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1581977.
@article{osti_1581977,
title = {Experimental characterization of hydrogen adsorption sites for H/W(111) using low energy ion scattering},
author = {Wong, Chun-Shang and Whaley, Josh A. and Bergstrom, Z. J. and Wirth, Brian D. and Kolasinski, Robert D.},
abstractNote = {Low energy ion scattering (LEIS) and direct recoil spectroscopy (DRS) are among the few experimental techniques that allow for the direct detection of hydrogen on a surface. Here, the interpretation of LEIS and DRS measurements, however, is often made difficult by complexities that can arise from complicated scattering processes. Previously, these complexities were successfully navigated to identify the exact binding configurations of hydrogen on a few surfaces using a simple channeling model for the projectile ion along the surface. For the W(111) surface structure, this simple channeling model breaks down due to the large lateral atomic spacing on the surface and small interlayer spacing. Instead, our observed hydrogen recoil signal can only be explained by considering not just channeling along the surface but also scattering from subsurface atoms. Using this more complete model, together with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we determine that hydrogen adsorbs to the bond-centered site for the W(111)+H(ads) system. Additional MD simulations were performed to further constrain the adsorption site to a height h = 1.0 ± 0.1 Å and a position dBC = 1.6 ± 0.1 Å along the bond between neighbors in first and second layers. Our determination of the hydrogen adsorption site is consistent with density functional theory simulation results in the literature.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.100.245405},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 24,
volume = 100,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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