Journal
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 435, Issue 1-3, Pages 102-106Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2012.12.031
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- European Commission FP7 Project F-BRIDGE
- ESF Project [2009/0216/1DP/1.1.1.2.0/09/APIA/VIAA/044]
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The results of DFT supercell calculations of oxygen behavior upon the UN (001) and (110) surfaces as well as at the tilt grain boundary are presented. Oxygen adsorption, migration, incorporation into the surface N vacancies on (001) and (110) surfaces have been modeled using 2D slabs of different thicknesses and supercell sizes. The temperature dependences of the N vacancy formation energies and oxygen incorporation energies are calculated. We demonstrate that O atoms easily penetrate into UN surfaces and grain boundaries containing N vacancies, due to negative incorporation energies and a small energy barrier. The Gibbs free energies of N vacancy formation and O atom incorporation therein at the two densely-packed surfaces and tilt grain boundaries are compared. It has been also shown that the adsorbed oxygen atoms are highly mobile which, combined with easy incorporation into surface N vacancies, explains efficient (but unwanted) oxidation of UN surfaces. The atomistic mechanism of UN oxidation via possible formation of oxynitrides is discussed. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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