Correlated-Wave-Function Calculation of the Chemisorption of CO on Ti(0001)

Abstract
The chemisorption of CO on Ti(0001) is treated with a many-electron configuration-interaction theory for adsorbate-surface interactions. When perpendicular, threefold, atopatom and bridge adsorption sites are compared with CO adsorption parallel to the surface, CO parallel with C and O stretched toward adjacent threefold sites is the more stable (60 kcal/mole exothermic). A distinctive upward shift of CO energy levels occurs for stretched and dissociated CO adsorption as a result of increased electron transfer from the lattice. Binding-energy contributions are discussed.