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A DFT and wave function theory study of hydrogen adsorption on small beryllium oxide clusters

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In the last centuries, human society has strongly modified the biosphere of the planet through consumption of its resources on a highly increasing scale but without planning, causing pollution in various environments through chemical dumping, and the extensive use of fossil fuels in industrialization and transportation, for example. In this last aspect, the use of less polluting alternative fuels for vehicular transport based on the consumption of electricity and hydrogen gas has been suggested. Experimental and theoretical studies are being made to increase the hydrogen storage capacity using porous carbon materials, nanoparticles, and metallic clusters. Most of the electronic and structure calculations of such materials have been carried out with density functional theory (DFT) without gauging the accuracy of the employed DFTs. In this work, we have employed various DFTs to calculate hydrogen adsorption energies of small clusters of BeO and compare with wave function theory methods, in order to evaluate the relative accuracy of these methodologies, since experimental values are not usually available. The hydrogen storage capability of small clusters of (BeO)n (n = 2–7) is studied with various density functionals, MP2, and CCSD(T) methods and benchmarked with the complete basis set (CBS) limit approach. Calculated properties are the equilibrium geometries of isolated and adsorbed clusters with H2, electronic adsorption energy, enthalpy, and Gibbs free energy. Calculations with the CBS method are employed to gauge the accuracy of various methods in calculating structures and cohesive energies of small beryllium clusters. The smallest values of mean unsigned error of the cohesive energies (Eb) calculated with the ωB97X-D, TPPSh, and M06-L DFTs are equal to 0.05, 0.06, and 0.07 eV using as reference the CBSD-T.

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We acknowledge the research support of the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Maranhão (FAPEMA) underprocess no. 01049/18, and by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) under Processes Nos. 480119/2012-0 and 422647/2016-0.

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Roberto-Neto, O., de Carvalho, E.F.V. A DFT and wave function theory study of hydrogen adsorption on small beryllium oxide clusters. Theor Chem Acc 139, 93 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-020-02605-z

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