Table 2 The hydrogen adsorption energy (Eads, in unit of eV), as well as the bond order (BO), the bond length (BL, in unit of Å) and the scaled bond order (BOs, in unit of Å−1) between La–H and Ni–H for H-adsorbed LaMg2Ni (100) systems.

From: First-principles investigation of LaMg2Ni and its hydrides

H-adsorbed LaMg2Ni (100) systems

Eads

La–H

Ni–H

BO

BL

BOs

BO

BL

BOs

La–Ni bridge site

− 0.565

− 0.05

2.628 (1.878)

− 0.019

0.63

1.668 (1.877)

0.378

Top site of Ni

− 0.311

− 0.10

2.548

− 0.039

0.75

1.577 (1.875)

0.480

Top site of La

− 0.433

0.08

2.437 (1.875)

0.033

  1. Numbers inside the bracket is the initial La–H and/or Ni–H distances.