Abstract:
To understand chemisorption atoms react with Pu atoms in δ phase plutonium from the electronic scale, and propose the anti-corrosion techniques for plutonium metal, electronic structures of PuH
2, PuH
3, PuC, PuN, PuO, β-Pu
2O
3, PuO
2 and PuS compounds were calculated within the framework of LAD+
U (Hubbard
U parameter represents a correction to Coulomb repulsion interaction) method using the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) exchange-correlation functional at the spin-polarized (SP) level. The hybridization and mixing effects of Pu 5
f, 6
d states with H 1
s, C 2
p, N 2
p, O 2
p and S 3
p states were analyzed in terms of partial density of states (PDOS). The chemical bonding behaviors of Pu atom with the valence atoms were investigated. The results show that PuH
2 compound has the metallic character, Pu—H bonds in PuH
3 compound, Pu—O bond in PuO compound, Pu—N bond in PuN compound and Pu—S bond in PuS compound are essentially ionic in character. Pu—C bond in PuC compound, Pu—O bond in Pu
2O
3 compound and Pu—O bond in PuO
2 compound are covalent in character, which are in agreement with the obtainable results.