First Principles Modeling of Dissociative Adsorption at Crystal Surfaces: Hydrogen on Pt(111)

Multiscale simulation has the potential of becoming the new modeling paradigm in chemical sciences. An important class of multiscale models involves the mapping of a finer scale model into an approximate surface that is used by a coarser scale model. As a specific example of this class we present the case of the adsorption dynamics of diatomic molecules on single crystal catalyst surfaces. The prototype system studied is the dissociative adsorption of H2 on Pt(111). The finer scale model consists of density functional theory (DFT) periodic slab calculations that provide a small dataset for training an atomistic scale potential energy surface. The coarser scale model uses a semi-classical molecular dynamics (MD) algorithm to obtain the sticking coefficient as a function of the incident energy. Comparison to experimental data and published simulation work is presented. Finally, major challenges in multiscale modeling of chemical reactivity in coupled DFT/MD simulations are discussed, specifically the need for a systematic method of assessing the accuracy of the coarse graining process.

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