The influence of O and C doping on the ionization potentials of Li-clusters

F. Despa, W. Bouwen, F. Vanhoutte, P. Lievens, R. E. Silverans

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Abstract

The influence of doping of Li-clusters by electronegative O and C atoms on the ionization potentials was investigated. Experimentally, we report ionization potentials for bare Lin clusters (10 ≤ n ≤ 70) deduced from photoionization efficiency spectra. The values are compared with the results for LinO and LinC clusters. Observed differences are largely attributed to a quantum size effect caused by the segregated molecular part around the impurity, which changes the electron work function. Theoretically, the Fermi and exchange-correlation energies which enter the work function, are calculated in the frame of the augmented plane wave (APW) method by taking explicitly into account the presence of the molecular core. The other contribution to the work function, the moment of the double layer at the cluster surface, is computed by solving the corresponding Poisson's equation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)403-411
Number of pages9
JournalEuropean Physical Journal D
Volume11
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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