Abstract
The reaction-limiting process for the oxidation of SiC(0001) was investigated by density functional theory calculation. I found that the oxygen molecule insertion to the interfacial SiC bonds is the limiting process and the barrier is 3.21 eV. It is also found that the CO detachment is not limiting process because the barrier becomes small when the interfacial C atom is surrounded by three O atoms.
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