Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7719447 | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Calculations using the SIESTA code have been performed to study the location of one and two hydrogens in a vacancy zone of a Fe50Ni50 cell. H debilitates the original metal-metal bonds by forming strong interactions with the metallic matrix. The Fe-H interaction is stronger than the Ni-H interaction. The H-metal exchange contributes to this process. After first H atom adsorption, the strength of the nearest Fe-Fe, Fe-Ni and Ni-Ni bonds decreases to about 89%, 15% and 1%, respectively. Then, the Fe-Fe bond is the most affected. The adsorption of an additional H atom modified the metal-metal strength in a lesser percent. Then, no additional decohesion is observed in the metallic bonds when two H atoms are present but in this case more metallic bonds are affected. The H-H interaction is small; an H2 molecule is not formed in the vacancy zone of the Fe50Ni50 cell.
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Authors
G. Canto, I. Salazar-Ehuan, J. González-Sánchez, A. Tapia, R. Quijano, S. Simonetti,