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The structures, electronic properties, and chemical bonding of binary alloy boron–aluminum clusters series B4Aln 0/−/+ (n = 1–5)
Limei Wen1,2; Guoliang Li1; Li-Ming Yang2; Hui Pan3; Eric Ganz4
2020-09-01
Source PublicationMaterials Today Communications
ISSN2352-4928
Volume24Pages:100914
Abstract

The geometry structures, electronic properties, and chemical bonding of neutral, anionic and cationic alloy BAl (n = 1–5) clusters series were systematically studied by using density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d) level of theory for geometry optimization and using coupled cluster single point energy calculations at the CCSD(T)/6-311+G(2df)//B3LYP/6-311+G(d) level of theory. Comprehensive structure search and calculations demonstrate that the Al atoms tend to occupy the periphery sites of all alloy clusters, and the lowest–energy structures prefer low spin states (singlet or doublet). For small alloy cluster with total number of atoms ≤6, the clusters display the rare Anti-Van't Hoff/Le Bel motifs planar tetracoordinate boron (ptB) and planar pentacoordinate boron (ppB), whereas, for total number of atoms ≥7, it shows 3D configuration. To evaluate the stabilities and electronic properties of the global minimum isomers of each stoichiometry at different charge states, the binding energy, fragmentation energy, second–order difference of the total energy, HOMO–LUMO gap, ionization potential, and electron affinity have been evaluated. We find that for anionic and cationic alloy BAl (n = 1–5) clusters, the odd–n systems are more stable than the even–n ones. AdNDP analyses of the chemical bonding of the global minimum structures indicate that the classical 2c–2e bonds and multicenter nc–2e (n = 3–9) delocalized bonds are responsible for the stability of boron–aluminum mixed alloy clusters.

KeywordAdndp Analysis Boron–aluminum Binary Alloy Clusters Ccsd(t) Chemical Bonding Density Functional Theory (Dft)
DOI10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.100914
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Indexed BySCIE
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaMaterials Science
WOS SubjectMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary
WOS IDWOS:000571135500010
PublisherELSEVIERRADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85079523241
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CollectionFaculty of Science and Technology
INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
Corresponding AuthorGuoliang Li; Li-Ming Yang
Affiliation1.Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of the Environment,Ministry of Education,Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry,School of Chemistry,South China Normal University,Guangzhou,510006,China
2.Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica,Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage,Ministry of Education,Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan,430074,China
3.Joint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education,Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering,Department of Physics and Chemistry,Faculty of Science and Technology,University of Macau,Macao SAR,China
4.School of Physics and Astronomy,University of Minnesota,Minneapolis,116 Church St. SE,55455,United States
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Limei Wen,Guoliang Li,Li-Ming Yang,et al. The structures, electronic properties, and chemical bonding of binary alloy boron–aluminum clusters series B4Aln 0/−/+ (n = 1–5)[J]. Materials Today Communications, 2020, 24, 100914.
APA Limei Wen., Guoliang Li., Li-Ming Yang., Hui Pan., & Eric Ganz (2020). The structures, electronic properties, and chemical bonding of binary alloy boron–aluminum clusters series B4Aln 0/−/+ (n = 1–5). Materials Today Communications, 24, 100914.
MLA Limei Wen,et al."The structures, electronic properties, and chemical bonding of binary alloy boron–aluminum clusters series B4Aln 0/−/+ (n = 1–5)".Materials Today Communications 24(2020):100914.
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