• 文献标题:   DFT study of Pt-n, Pd-n, and Ir-n (n=5, 6) clusters adsorbed on graphene: Structural and electronic properties
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   OSTAD FZ, GHAZI ME, JAVAN M, IZADIFARD M
  • 作者关键词:   transition metal cluster, graphene layer, adsorption energy, density of state, band structure
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA BCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0921-4526 EI 1873-2135
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shahrood Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.physb.2019.411678
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Adsorption of the transition metal (TM) clusters (Pt-n, Pd-n, and Ir-n; n = 5, 6) on the graphene (Gr) layer was investigated using the density functional theory (DFT). It was found that the bridge site between neighboring carbon atoms was the most stable one for the Pt, Pd, and Ir adatoms. The results obtained for the lowest energy configurations of the Gr/TMn systems showed that although the binding energy of the clusters increased with the number of their atoms (n), the energy of adsorption of the clusters to the Gr became weaker. The appending of the van der Waals corrections to the DFT increased the energy of adsorption of TMn clusters to the Gr. The electronic charge analysis showed that the charge was transmitted from the TM atoms to the C atoms. The results obtained showed that there was a peak at the Dirac point due to the TM:d states.