Dissociative and non-dissociative adsorption dynamics of N(2) on Fe(110).
Summary of "Dissociative and non-dissociative adsorption dynamics of N(2) on Fe(110)."
We study the adsorption dynamics of N(2) on the Fe(110) surface. Classical molecular dynamics calculations are performed on top of a six-dimensional potential energy surface calculated within density functional theory. Our results show that N(2) dissociation on this surface is a highly activated process that takes place along a very narrow reaction path with an energy barrier of around 1.1 eV, which explains the measured low reactivity of this system. By incorporating energy exchange with the lattice in the dynamics, we also study the non-dissociative molecular adsorption process. From the analysis of the potential energy surface, we observe the presence of two distinct N(2) adsorption wells. Our dynamics calculations show that the relative population of these adsorption sites varies with the incident energy of the molecule and the surface temperature. We find an activation energy of around 150 meV that prevents molecular adsorption under thermal and hypothermal N(2) gas exposure of the surface. This finding is also consistent with the available experimental information.
Affiliation
Centro de Física de Materiales (CSIC-UPV/EHU) - Materials Physics Center MPC, P. Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain. itziar_goicoechea@ehu.es wapalocm@ehu.es rdm@ehu.es josebainaki.juaristi@ehu.es.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
ISSN: 1463-9084
Pages: 7471-80
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22526322
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2cp40229g
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