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A Density Functional Theory Study of Ethylene Adsorption on Ni10(111), Ni13(100) and Ni10(110) Surface Cluster Models and Ni13 Nanocluster
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2010) Yilmazer, Nusret Duygu; Fellah, Mehmet Ferdi; Onal, Isik
Ethylene adsorption was studied by use of DFT/B3LYP with basis set 6-31G(d, p) in Gaussian' 03 software. It was found that ethylene has adsorbed molecularly on all clusters with pi adsorption mode. Relative energy values were calculated to be -50.86 kcal/mol, -20.48 kcal/mol, -32.44 kcal/mol and -39.27 kcal/mol for Ni-13 nanocluster, Ni-10(1 1 1), Ni-13(1 0 0) and Ni10(1 1 0) surface cluster models, respectively. Ethylene adsorption energy is inversely proportional to Ni coordination number when Ni-10(1 1 1), Ni-13(1 0 0) and Ni-10(1 1 0) cluster models and Ni-13 nanocluster are compared with each other. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Ni55 Nanocluster: a Density Functional Theory Study of the Binding Energy of Nickel and Ethylene Adsorption
(Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey, 2012) Yilmazer, Nusret Duygu; Fellah, Mehmet Ferdi; Onal, Isik
Ethylene adsorption on a Ni-55 nanocluster was studied by Weal IS of the density functional theory (DFT)/B3LYP using the basis sets of 6-31G(d,p) and 86-411(41d)G in Gaussian 03. The Ni-55 nanocluster was found to have a distorted icosahedral geometry, in accordance with the experimental findings. The binding energy value for the Ni-55 nanocluster was calculated to be 3.51 eV/atom using equilibrium geometry calculations. The estimated bulk nickel binding energy was in reasonable agreement with the experimental value (4.85 versus 4.45 eV/atom). In addition, equilibrium geometry calculations were performed for ethylene adsorption on the Ni-55 nanocluster for 2 different coordination numbers of 6 and 8 with pi-adsorption modes. The related adsorption energies were computed as -0.87 and -0.68 eV, respectively.