Shape resonance energies in the Xα scattered-wave cluster model. A study of CO and N2 adsorbed on Ni surfaces

A. Schichl, D. Menzel, N. Rosch

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Abstract

Xα scattered-wave calculations have been performed to compare the photon energy dependence of the valence level photoionization cross sections of molecular CO and N2 and of Ni clusters simulating the adsorption of these molecules in the range of the shape resonances. Care has to be taken to avoid muffin-tin artifacts, and a suitable means is comparison of the chemosorption cluster with a model cluster whose outer sphere is enlarged to match that of the former. By this scheme, the observed chemisorption-induced shifts of the shape resonance energies to higher values can be accounted for quantitatively for N2 and qualitatively for CO. Changes of resonance widths and of 4σ/5σ peak height ratios are reproduced semi-quantitatively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)285-290
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume105
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Mar 1984

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