CO adsorption on the (001) surface of MgO: a comparison of Hartree-Fock and local density functional results

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Abstract

Hartree-Fock (HF) and local density functional (LDF) methods are applied to the study of the adsorption of CO to the (001) surface of MgO. The dependence of the chemisorption properties on the cluster size is studied; to this end adsorption at finite clusters and periodic slabs was considered. Both methods indicate a largely electrostatic MgO-CO bond. The HF results, however, show a more rapid convergence with cluster size than the LDF ones. This is connected to the more covalent description of the MgO electronic structure and of the MgO-CO bond in LDF compared to HF.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13-21
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
Volume69
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1994
Externally publishedYes

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