Systematic DFT–GGA study of hydrogen adsorption on transition metals

Abstract

Computational study of hydrogen adsorption on (111) surface of transition metals with face centered cubic (fcc) lattice is reported and the results are compared with available experimental and theoretical data. In addition, dissociative adsorption of hydrogen on Pt(111), Pt(100) and Pt(110) is studied in the range of coverage from 0.25 to 1 monolayer. In the case of Pt(111) preferential adsorption site was found to be three-coordinated fcc-hollow site, while on Pt(100) and Pt(110) surface hydrogen settles on two-coordinated bridge and short bridge site, respectively. Hydrogen adsorption energy was found to decrease with the increasing coverage. Structural changes of studied Pt surfaces upon hydrogen adsorption have been compared with the experimental data existing in the literature and good qualitative agreement has been obtained.