A full-potential linearized augmented plane wave study of the interaction of CO2 with α-Pu (020) surface nanolayers

Jianguang Wang, Asok K. Ray

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    Abstract

    Adsorption of CO2 on α-Pu (020) surface nanolayers is investigated using GGA-DFT and the suite of software DMOL3 and WIEN2k. Completely dissociated configurations (C+O+O) exhibit the strongest binding with the surface (7.94 eV), followed by partially dissociated (CO+O) and molecular CO2 configurations (5.18 and 1.90 eV, respectively). For initial vertically upright orientations, final configuration of the CO 2 molecule does not change after optimization. For initial flat lying orientations, the final states correspond to bent geometry with a bond angle of ∼130°. For CO+O coadsorptions, the stable configurations correspond to CO dipole moment orientations of 105°-167° with respect to the normal surface.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1710-1717
    Number of pages8
    JournalJournal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience
    Volume11
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    Publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Keywords

    • Adsorption
    • Alpha-Plutonium
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Density Functional Theory
    • Nanolayers

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • General Materials Science
    • Computational Mathematics
    • General Chemistry

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