Coadsorption of Dioxygen and Water on the Ni(110) Surface: Role of O1--Type Species in the Dissociation of Water

Kulkarni, GU and Rao, CNR and Roberts, MW (1995) Coadsorption of Dioxygen and Water on the Ni(110) Surface: Role of O1--Type Species in the Dissociation of Water. In: Langmuir, 11 (7). pp. 2572-2575.

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Abstract

While the adsorption of dioxygen at a clean Ni(110) surface gives rise to two O(1s) features at 531 and 530 eV assigned to O-(a) and O2-(a) type species respectively, coadsorption of dioxygen and water mixtures result in the additional formation of hydroxyl species characterized by an O(1s) peak at 532.3 eV. The latter is attributed to the oxygen induced dissociation of water via a low energy pathway involving the O-(a)-type species. The proportions of the O-(a) and the hydroxyl species are greater for small O-2/H2O ratios and lower temperatures (120 K). With increase in temperature, the relative surface concentrations of the O-(a) and the hydroxyl species decrease while there is an increase in the concentration of the oxidic O2-(a) species. Thus, the surface concentrations of both the hydroxyl and the O2-(a) species depend critically on the presence of O- type species. Above 300K the surface chemistry in the main involves the conversion of O- to O2- species via the hydroxyl species.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Langmuir
Publisher:	American Chemical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Chemical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for High Energy Physics
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2011 09:29
Last Modified:	26 Nov 2018 15:14
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/37238

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