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Time-dependent density functional theory for the electronic degrees of freedom has been combined with Ehrenfest dynamics for the nuclei to simulate electron–hole pair excitation due to electronic friction during the chemisorption of hydrogen atoms on an Al(111) surface. The H-atoms are assumed to be spin-unpolarized in the simulations. Trajectories starting with a hydrogen atom at rest above either...