TY - JOUR
T1 - Theoretical investigation of adsorption of molecular oxygen on small copper clusters
AU - Yuan, Xiuxiang
AU - Liu, Liuxia
AU - Wang, Xin
AU - Yang, Mingli
AU - Jackson, Koblar Alan
AU - Jellinek, Julius
PY - 2011/8/11
Y1 - 2011/8/11
N2 - Adsorption of molecular oxygen on CuN (N = 2-10) clusters is investigated using density functional theory under the generalized gradient approximation of Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof. An extensive structure search is performed to identify low-energy conformations of CuNO2 complexes. Optimal adsorption sites are assigned for low-energy isomers of the clusters. Among these are some new arrangements unidentified heretofore. Distinct size dependences are noted for the ground state CuNO 2 complexes in stability, adsorption energy, Cu-O2 bond strength, and other characteristic quantities. CuNO2 with odd-N tend to have larger adsorption energies than their even-N neighbors, with the exception of Cu6O2, which has a relatively large adsorption energy resulting from the adsorption-induced 2D-to-3D structural transition in Cu6. The energetically preferred spin-multiplicity of all the odd-N CuNO2 complexes is doublet; it is triplet for N = 2 and 4 and singlet for N = 6, 8, and 10.
AB - Adsorption of molecular oxygen on CuN (N = 2-10) clusters is investigated using density functional theory under the generalized gradient approximation of Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof. An extensive structure search is performed to identify low-energy conformations of CuNO2 complexes. Optimal adsorption sites are assigned for low-energy isomers of the clusters. Among these are some new arrangements unidentified heretofore. Distinct size dependences are noted for the ground state CuNO 2 complexes in stability, adsorption energy, Cu-O2 bond strength, and other characteristic quantities. CuNO2 with odd-N tend to have larger adsorption energies than their even-N neighbors, with the exception of Cu6O2, which has a relatively large adsorption energy resulting from the adsorption-induced 2D-to-3D structural transition in Cu6. The energetically preferred spin-multiplicity of all the odd-N CuNO2 complexes is doublet; it is triplet for N = 2 and 4 and singlet for N = 6, 8, and 10.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp200125t
DO - 10.1021/jp200125t
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79961236983
VL - 115
SP - 8705
EP - 8712
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry A
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry A
SN - 1089-5639
IS - 31
ER -