@article {1457,
	title = {Hydrogen Interaction with the Al Surface Promoted by Subsurface Alloying with Transition Metals},
	journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry C},
	volume = {116},
	number = {35},
	year = {2012},
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},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {18663-18668},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Dissociative chemisorption of H-2 on the Al surface is a crucial step in the regeneration of promising hydrogen-storage materials such as alane and alanates. We show from first-principles calculations that transition metals such as V and Nb can act as effective catalysts for H-2 interaction with Al(100). When located at subsurface sites, V and Nb can reduce the activation barrier for H-2 dissociation by significantly larger values than the well-studied catalyst Ti. In addition, the binding energy of a H atom on the surface can be enhanced by as much as 0.4 eV when V or Nb is introduced in the sublayers of Al(100). The diffusion barrier for the adsorbed hydrogen is reduced by similar to 0.1 eV, showing an increased hydrogen mobility. The mechanism of promoting the metal surface reactivity by subsurface alloying with transition metals proposed in this work may serve as a new possible scheme for catalytic reactions on the metal surface.</p>
},
	keywords = {ALUMINUM HYDRIDES, Chemistry, H-2, MATERIALS SCIENCE, naalh4, Science \& Technology - Other Topics, sodium, STORAGE, TI, TOTAL-ENERGY CALCULATIONS, WAVE BASIS-SET},
	isbn = {1932-7447},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000308339600013},
	author = {Zhang, F. and Wang, Y. and Chou, M. Y.}
}
