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Table 2 Fe–O bond distances for the surface I slab model of the (100) surface of goethite

From: Weakly bound water structure, bond valence saturation and water dynamics at the goethite (100) surface/aqueous interface: ab initio dynamical simulations

Surface Fe–O distances

BV

PBE96

PBE96 + Grimme2

PBE0

Exp. CTR model

Fe–OH2 (Fe–OII)

Unbound

2.45

2.39

2.41

2.15

Fe–OH (Fe–OI)

2.02

2.10

2.11

2.09

2.09

Fe–O (Fe–Oi, Fe–Oii)

1.91, 1.91

2.01, 1.95

2.01, 1.94

2.01, 1.98

1.95, 1.97

1st layer Fe–O distances

BV

PBE96

PBE96 + Grimme2

PBE0

CTR model

Fe–OH

2.17, 2.17, 2.17

2.14, 2.14, 2.19

2.15, 2.15, 2.16

2.13, 2.13, 2.16

2.19, 2.19, 2.10

Fe–O

1.91, 1.91, 1.91

1.94, 2.01, 2.01

1.93, 2.00, 2.00

1.98, 2.00, 2.00

1.94, 1.93, 1.93

  1. See Fig. 4c for definitions of OI, OII, Oi, and Oii oxygens