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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 075901 (2008) [4 pages]

First-Principles Theory of Hydrogen Diffusion in Aluminum

Hakan Gunaydin,1 Sergey V. Barabash,2 K. N. Houk,1 and V. Ozolinš2
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA

Received 26 December 2007; published 15 August 2008

Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations are used to obtain the activation enthalpy and preexponential factor for the lattice diffusion of hydrogen in aluminum between the temperatures 650 and 850 K: DeltaH=0.12±0.02 eV and D0=1.8×10-7 m2/s. Vacancies are found to significantly decrease the apparent diffusivity due to their ability to bind one, two, or even six hydrogen atoms, causing a strong composition dependence and non-Arrhenius behavior of the effective diffusion coefficient.

©2008 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.075901
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.075901
PACS: 66.30.-h; 31.15.E-; 71.15.Pd
  • 66.30.-h
    Diffusion in solids
  • 31.15.E-
    Density-functional theory (atoms and molecules)
  • 71.15.Pd
    Molecular dynamics calculations and other numerical simulations (condensed matter electronic structure)
  • YEAR: 2008

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