Ab initio calculation of the nonequilibrium adsorption energy

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Autori principali: Lee, Juho, Yeo, Hyeonwoo, Lee, Ryong-Gyu, Kim, Yong-Hoon
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author Lee, Juho
Yeo, Hyeonwoo
Lee, Ryong-Gyu
Kim, Yong-Hoon
author_facet Lee, Juho
Yeo, Hyeonwoo
Lee, Ryong-Gyu
Kim, Yong-Hoon
contents While first-principles calculations of electrode-molecule binding play an indispensable role in obtaining atomic-level understanding in surface science and electrochemistry, a significant challenge remains because the adsorption energy is well-defined only in equilibrium. Herein, a theory to calculate the electric enthalpy for electrochemical interfaces is formulated within the multi-space constrained-search density functional theory (MS-DFT), which provides the nonequilibrium total energy of a nanoscale electrode-channel-electrode junction. An additional MS-DFT calculation for the electrode-only counterpart that maintains the same bias voltage allows one to identify the internal energy of the channel as well as the electric field and the channel polarization, which together determine the electric enthalpy and the nonequilibrium adsorption energy. Application of the developed scheme to the water-Au and water-graphene interface models shows that the Au and graphene electrodes induce very different behaviors in terms of the electrode potential-dependent stabilization of water configurations. The theory developed here will be a valuable tool in the ongoing effort to obtain an atomic-scale understanding of bias-dependent molecular reorganizations in electrified interfaces.
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spellingShingle Ab initio calculation of the nonequilibrium adsorption energy
Lee, Juho
Yeo, Hyeonwoo
Lee, Ryong-Gyu
Kim, Yong-Hoon
Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
While first-principles calculations of electrode-molecule binding play an indispensable role in obtaining atomic-level understanding in surface science and electrochemistry, a significant challenge remains because the adsorption energy is well-defined only in equilibrium. Herein, a theory to calculate the electric enthalpy for electrochemical interfaces is formulated within the multi-space constrained-search density functional theory (MS-DFT), which provides the nonequilibrium total energy of a nanoscale electrode-channel-electrode junction. An additional MS-DFT calculation for the electrode-only counterpart that maintains the same bias voltage allows one to identify the internal energy of the channel as well as the electric field and the channel polarization, which together determine the electric enthalpy and the nonequilibrium adsorption energy. Application of the developed scheme to the water-Au and water-graphene interface models shows that the Au and graphene electrodes induce very different behaviors in terms of the electrode potential-dependent stabilization of water configurations. The theory developed here will be a valuable tool in the ongoing effort to obtain an atomic-scale understanding of bias-dependent molecular reorganizations in electrified interfaces.
title Ab initio calculation of the nonequilibrium adsorption energy
topic Materials Science
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.15103