Variations in adsorption energies from one metal to the next

Variations in adsorption energies from one metal to the next 

Parameters describing the electronic structure of the transition metals. Adapted from Ref. [44]. 

The d band model, including Pauli repulsion, can therefore be used to understand variations in oxygen binding energies in the periodic table. It turns out that a similar description can be used for a number of other adsorbates [4,18]. 

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