Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nitrogen/VN(001) Surface Reactions: Vacancy-Catalyzed N-2 Dissociative Chemisorption, N Adatom Migration, and N-2 DesorptionVisa övriga samt affilieringar
2016 (Engelska)Ingår i: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ISSN 1932-7447, E-ISSN 1932-7455, Vol. 120, nr 23, s. 12503-12516Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
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We use density-functional ab initio molecular dynamics to investigate the kinetics of N/VN(001) surface reactions at temperatures ranging from 1600 to 2300 K. N adatoms (N-ad) on VN(001) favor epitaxial atop-V positions and diffuse among them by transiting through 4-fold hollow (FFH) sites, at which they are surrounded by two V and two N surface atoms. After several atop-V -amp;gt; FFH -amp;gt; atop-V jumps, isolated N adatoms bond strongly with an underlying N surface (N-surf) atom. Frequent N-ad/N-surf pair exchange reactions lead to N-2 desorption, which results in the formation of an anion surface vacancy. N vacancies rapidly migrate via in-plane (110) jumps and act as efficient catalysts for the dissociative chemisorption of incident N-2 molecules. During exposure of VN(001) to incident atomic N gas atoms, N-ad/N-ad recombination and desorption is never observed, despite a continuously high N monomer surface coverage. Instead, N-2 desorption is always initiated by a N adatom removing a N surface atom or by energetic N gas atoms colliding with N-ad or N-surf atoms. Similarities and differences between: N/VN(001) vs. previous N/TiN(001) results, discussed on the basis of temperature-dependent ab initio electronic structures and chemical bonding, provide insights for controlling the reactivity of NaCl-structure transition-metal nitride (001) surfaces via electron-concentration tuning.
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AMER CHEMICAL SOC , 2016. Vol. 120, nr 23, s. 12503-12516
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-130283DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b02652ISI: 000378196200021OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-130283DiVA, id: diva2:950594
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Funding Agencies|Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Isotope Project) [2011.0094]; Swedish Research Council (VR) Linkoping Linnaeus Initiative LiLi-NFM [2008-6572, 2014-5790, 2013-4018]; Swedish Government Strategic Research Area Grant in Materials Science on Advanced Functional Materials (through Swedens innovation agency VINNOVA) [MatLiU 2009-00971]
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