Phase diagram of hydrogen adsorbed on Ni(111)

Abstract

The phase diagram for the H/Ni(111) system is calculated by treating a lattice gas on a honeycomb lattice through the position-space renormalization-group theory with prefacing transformation. The following interparticle interactions are considered: (A) nearest-neighbor exclusion, second-neighbor repulsion, and third-neighbor attraction, which was previously proposed by Domany et al.; (B) nearest-neighbor exclusion, second- and third-neighbor repulsions, and further-neighbor interactions up to the sixth-neighbor one. When the interaction parameters involved are suitably adjusted, both the interactions (A) and (B) lead to the phase diagrams in good agreement with the experimental one by Christmann et al. The change of the isosteric heat of hydrogen adsorption with the adsorbed amount is also calculated. The result obtained from interaction (B) is consistent with experiment, whereas that from interaction (A) is not.