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CO adsorption on a LaNi5 hydrogen storage alloy surface: a theoretical investigation
Song Han1, Xin-Bo Zhang, Si-Qi Shi
1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan.
Abstract:
Density functional theory calculations are carried out to study CO adsorption on the (001) surface of a LaNi(5) hydrogen storage alloy. At low coverages, CO favors adsorption on Ni-Ni bridge sites. With an increase in CO coverage, the decrease in the adsorption energy is much larger for Ni-Ni-CO bridge adsorption than that for Ni-CO on-top adsorption. Thus, the latter sites in the relatively stable adsorption structure are preferentially utilized at high CO coverages. The nature of the bonding between CO and the LaNi(5) (001) surface is analyzed in detail.
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