TY - JOUR

T1 - Physical and chemical nature of the scaling relations between adsorption energies of atoms on metal surfaces

A1 - Calle-Vallejo,F.

A1 - Martínez,J. I.

A1 - García Lastra,Juan Maria

A1 - Rossmeisl,J.

A1 - Koper,M. T. M.

AU - Calle-Vallejo,F.

AU - Martínez,J. I.

AU - García Lastra,Juan Maria

AU - Rossmeisl,J.

AU - Koper,M. T. M.

PB - American Physical Society

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Despite their importance in physics and chemistry, the origin and extent of the scaling relations between the energetics of adsorbed species on surfaces remain elusive. We demonstrate here that scalability is not exclusive to adsorbed atoms and their hydrogenated species but rather a general phenomenon between any set of adsorbates bound similarly to the surface. On the example of the near-surface alloys of Pt, we show that scalability is a result of identical variations of adsorption energies with respect to the valence configuration of both the surface components and the adsorbates.

AB - Despite their importance in physics and chemistry, the origin and extent of the scaling relations between the energetics of adsorbed species on surfaces remain elusive. We demonstrate here that scalability is not exclusive to adsorbed atoms and their hydrogenated species but rather a general phenomenon between any set of adsorbates bound similarly to the surface. On the example of the near-surface alloys of Pt, we show that scalability is a result of identical variations of adsorption energies with respect to the valence configuration of both the surface components and the adsorbates.

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.116103

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.116103

JO - Physical Review Letters

JF - Physical Review Letters

SN - 0031-9007

IS - 11

VL - 108

SP - 116103

ER -