Chemical Reaction between Single Hydrogen Atom and Graphene

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We study chemical reaction between a single hydrogen atom and a graphene, which is the elemental reaction between hydrogen and graphitic carbon materials. In the present work, classical molecular dynamics simulation is used with modified Brenner's empirical bond order potential. The three reactions, that is, absorption reaction, reflection reaction and penetration reaction, are observed in our simulation. Reaction rates depend on the incident energy of the hydrogen atom and the graphene temperature. The dependence can be explained by the following mechanisms: (1) The hydrogen atom receives repulsive force by pi-electrons in addition to nuclear repulsion. (2) Absorbing the hydrogen atom, the graphene transforms its structure to the ``overhang'' configuration such as sp-3 state. (3) The hexagonal hole of the graphene is expanded during the penetration of the hydrogen atom.
10 pages, 9 figures. This paper was submitted to PRB

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Other Condensed Matter, Materials Science

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/132831

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https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703377
 http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703377

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