Dispersive and Covalent Interactions between Graphene and Metal Surfaces from the Random Phase Approximation
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: We calculate the potential energy surfaces for graphene adsorbed on Cu(111), Ni(111), and Co(0001) using density functional theory and the random phase approximation (RPA). For these adsorption systems covalent and dispersive interactions are equally important and while commonly used approximations for exchange-correlation functionals give inadequate descriptions of either van der Waals or chemical bonds, RPA accounts accurately for both. It is found that the adsorption is a delicate competition between a weak chemisorption minimum close to the surface and a physisorption minimum further from the surface.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: Thomas Olsen, Jun Yan, Jens J. Mortensen, Kristian S. Thygesen
Institution: Technical University of Denmark
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2022466435