A DFT Study of the Electronic Structure of a Pd Monolayer
on an Au Electrode
Minoru Miyakoshi, Tsukuru Ohwaki,
Koichi Yamashita(

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Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo,
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
We have studied theoretically the electronic structure of a Pd monolayer on
Au(111) and Pd(111) electrode surfaces by using the density functional theory.
These electrode surfaces have been modeled by clusters consisting of 7 atoms
on the first layer and 6 atoms on the second and third layer, and by slab
models. We have adopted a CO molecule as an adsorbate. The properties of
cluster models are calculated at the level of B3LYP, while the properties of
slab models are calculated using a plane wave basis set and ultrasoft
psuedopotentials. The calculated charge on the first layer of the Pd-Au
clusters are more positive than that of the Pd-Pd cluster. As compared with
the Pd-Pd cluster, electron transfer from the Pd-Au cluster to an adsorbed CO
is restrained. The adsorption energy of the Pd-Au clusters are also
restrained. We will show whether the effect of the bond length difference on
the surfaces or the electronic effect of the second layer atom is stronger.