Table 12.

Activation energies E _a for forward and backward step‐down self‐diffusion processes on Mg(10$\bar{1}$ 1) were calculated using Equation (2) (PBE) and the Ehrlich–Schwoebel barriers E _ES were calculated using Equation (4).

Diffusion on Mg(10$\bar{1}$ 1)	Path	Pathway	E a for [eV]	E a rev [eV]	E ES [eV]
step‐down	[$\bar{1}$ 2$\bar{1}$ 0]A‐step	e0↔e1	0.44	0.67	0.14
		e0↔e2 (Ex.)	0.11	0.34	−0.19
	[$\bar{1}$ 2$\bar{1}$ 0]B‐step	e3↔e4	0.43	0.75	0.13
		e3↔e4 (Ex.)	0.26	0.58	−0.04
	[1$\bar{2}$ 10]A‐step	e5↔e6	0.29	0.04	–
		e6↔e7	0.12	0.42	−0.18
		e5↔e7 (Ex.)	0.47	0.53	0.17
	[1$\bar{2}$ 10]B‐step	e8↔e9	0.44	0.96	0.14
		e8↔e10 (Ex.)	0.07	0.59	−0.23
	[10$\bar{1}$ 2]‐step	e11↔e12	0.38	0.89	0.08
		e11↔e12 (Ex.)	0.20	0.71	−0.10