Chemisorption of a hydrogen adatom on metal doped α-Zr (0 0 0 1) surfaces in a vacuum and an implicit solvation environment

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Title: Chemisorption of a hydrogen adatom on metal doped α-Zr (0 0 0 1) surfaces in a vacuum and an implicit solvation environment
Authors: Cheng Zeng, Ben Wang, Lian Wang, Yingying Li, Yifan Nie, Wei Xiao
Source: Nuclear Materials and Energy, Vol 13, Iss C, Pp 28-34 (2017)
Publisher Information: Elsevier, 2017.
Publication Year: 2017
Collection: LCC:Nuclear engineering. Atomic power
Subject Terms: Hydrogen adsorption, Zirconium, Transition metal, d-band model, Implicit solvation model, Nuclear engineering. Atomic power, TK9001-9401
More Details: First-principles calculations have been carried out to investigate the adsorption of a hydrogen adatom on 24 metal doped α-Zr (0 0 0 1) surfaces in both a vacuum and an implicit solvation environment. The dopant are the elements in the 4th and 5th periods in the periodic table. Doping elements at the tail of the 4th and 5th periods can significantly reduce the hydrogen pickup in a vacuum environment. A weighted d-band center theory is used to analyze the doping effect. On the other hand, the hydrogen adsorption energies in water are relatively lower for all doped slabs and the surface adsorption of hydrogen adatom is stronger than that in a vacuum environment, especially, for the slabs with doping elements at the tail of the 4th and 5th periods. In the solvation environment, electronegativity difference affects the adsorption. Doping elements Ag, Ga, Ge, Sn, and Sb can reduce the hydrogen pickup in vacuum, while Ag and Cu can reduce the hydrogen pickup of the zirconium alloys in solvent environment.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2352-1791
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179117300315; https://doaj.org/toc/2352-1791
DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2017.09.006
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/ab772f135c174fec9375f4cb3b6c4fe4
Accession Number: edsdoj.b772f135c174fec9375f4cb3b6c4fe4
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:23521791
DOI:10.1016/j.nme.2017.09.006
Published in:Nuclear Materials and Energy
Language:English