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CHEMICAL PHYSICS
卷 317, 期 2-3, 页码 119-129出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2005.04.027
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inelastic neutron scattering; alkali metal hydrides; hydrogen storage materials; DFT calculations; free energy calculations; thermodynamic properties; INS spectra; abinitio calculations; LiH; NaH; KH; RbH; CsH; bulk modulus
In a previous work, we carried out inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectroscopy experiments and preliminary first principles calculations on alkali metal hydrides. The complete series of alkali metal hydrides, LiH, NaH, KH, RbH and CsH was measured in the high-resolution TOSCA INS spectrometer at ISIS. Here, we present the results of ab initio electronic structure calculations of the properties of the alkali metal hydrides using both the local density approximation (LDA) and the generalized gradient approximation (GGA), using the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) parameterization. Properties calculated were lattice parameters, bulk moduli, dielectric constants, effective charges, electronic densities and inclastic neutron scattering (INS) spectra. We took advantage of the currently available computer power to use full lattice dynamics theory to calculate thermodynamic properties for these materials. For the alkali metal hydrides (LiH, NaH, KH, RbH and CsH) using lattice dynamics, we found that the INS spectra calculated using LDA agreed better with the experimental data than the spectra calculated using GGA. Both zero-point effects and thermal contributions to free energies had an important effect on INS and several thermodynamic properties. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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