Affiliation:
1. University of Toyama
2. Yazaki Research and Technology Center
Abstract
The geometric structure and electronic properties of the adsorption of organic carboxylic acids on the closed-packed Cu(111) surface have been addressed by periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations. We also have taken into account van der Waals (vdW) interaction by the VdW-DF method. The optimized structures show that formic and acetic acids have stable structures of molecular adsorption in clean copper surfaces. We find that the adsorption energies at 1/16 ML coverage are -0.27, -0.30 and -0.10 eV for formic, acetic, and propionic acid, respectively. On the other hand, in the case of vdW-DF, their adsorption energies increased to -0.63, -0.70 and -0.73 eV.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
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