Theoretical study of methane adsorption on graphite

ALBESA, A. G., VICENTE, J. L

Journal of the Argentine Chemical Society

ASOCIACIÓN QUÍMICA ARGENTINA

Año: 2007 vol. 24 p. 48 - 58

0365-0375

In the present contribution, we performed PM3 semi -empirical and DFT calculations of increasing numbers of adsorbed methane molecules on a planar polyaromatic substrate, which mimics a graphene plane. In this way we attempt to describe low coverage methane adsorption on a graphite surface. Results show a configuration change of adsorbed molecules from hexagonal to square array as the coverage increases; however methane molecules distance to the surface remains almost unchanged for PM3 and for DFT diminishes from 4.2 Å for one molecule to 3.8 Å.