Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (10): 1897.

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Density-functional Study of the Adsorption of ZnO on α-Al2O3(0001) Surface

YANG Chun1,2, LI Jin-Shan3, LI Yan-Rong2   

  1. 1. Institute of Mathematics and Software Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China;
    2. Institute of Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China;
    3. Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621000, China
  • Received:2003-11-18 Online:2004-10-24 Published:2004-10-24

Abstract: ZnO adsorption on the α-Al2O3(0001)2×1 surface was studied by using dynamics calculations based on density-functional theory and pseudopotential method. The process of the ZnO adsorption, the bonding orientation and bonding characteristics were studied in details. The bond length(0.185±0.01) nm of Zn_O at the stable adsorbed sites has just 30° rotation away from the O hexagonal symmetry of the α-Al2O3(0001) surface, which are in agreement with recent experimental results. The atomic population and PDOS reveal that the bonding between the O2- of ZnO and the Al3+ of the α-Al2O3(0001) surface shows a strong ionic characteristic, and the Zn2+ chemisorbed with the surface O shows covalent bonding properties.

Key words: α-Al2O3(0001), ZnO, DFT, Chemical adsorption, Density of states

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