The binding energies of ethylene oxide (Et-O) adsorbed on Cu(110) surface for different adsorption sites and orientations are calculated with an atom superposition and electron delocalization molecular orbital (ASED-M...The binding energies of ethylene oxide (Et-O) adsorbed on Cu(110) surface for different adsorption sites and orientations are calculated with an atom superposition and electron delocalization molecular orbital (ASED-MO) using cluster models. It shows that the top site of Cu(110) surface is preferable for Et-O adsorption and the orientation of C-C bond of Et-O is parallel to the [110] direction of the substratc. The distance of an oxygen of Et-O to the Cu atom is approximately 1.5817(?). It is different from the supposition of C. Benndorf et al., in which the oxygen was proposed on the short bridge site with C-C bond orientating to [110] direction of Cu(110)展开更多
文摘The binding energies of ethylene oxide (Et-O) adsorbed on Cu(110) surface for different adsorption sites and orientations are calculated with an atom superposition and electron delocalization molecular orbital (ASED-MO) using cluster models. It shows that the top site of Cu(110) surface is preferable for Et-O adsorption and the orientation of C-C bond of Et-O is parallel to the [110] direction of the substratc. The distance of an oxygen of Et-O to the Cu atom is approximately 1.5817(?). It is different from the supposition of C. Benndorf et al., in which the oxygen was proposed on the short bridge site with C-C bond orientating to [110] direction of Cu(110)
