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Dissociation of water on oxygen-covered Rh{111}

Shavorskiy, A. ; Eralp, T. ; Ataman, Evren LU ; Isvoranu, Cristina LU ; Schnadt, Joachim LU orcid ; Andersen, Jesper N LU and Held, G. (2009) In Journal of Chemical Physics 131(21).
Abstract
The adsorption of water and coadsorption with oxygen on Rh{111} under ultrahigh vacuum conditions was studied using synchrotron-based photoemission and photoabsorption spectroscopy. Water adsorbs intact on the clean surface at temperatures below 154 K. Irradiation with x-rays, however, induces fast dissociation and the formation of a mixed OH+H2O layer indicating that the partially dissociated layer is thermodynamically more stable. Coadsorption of water and oxygen at a coverage below 0.3 monolayers has a similar effect, leading to the formation of a hydrogen-bonded network of water and hydroxyl molecules at a ratio of 3:2. The partially dissociated layers are more stable than chemisorbed intact water with the maximum desorption... (More)
The adsorption of water and coadsorption with oxygen on Rh{111} under ultrahigh vacuum conditions was studied using synchrotron-based photoemission and photoabsorption spectroscopy. Water adsorbs intact on the clean surface at temperatures below 154 K. Irradiation with x-rays, however, induces fast dissociation and the formation of a mixed OH+H2O layer indicating that the partially dissociated layer is thermodynamically more stable. Coadsorption of water and oxygen at a coverage below 0.3 monolayers has a similar effect, leading to the formation of a hydrogen-bonded network of water and hydroxyl molecules at a ratio of 3:2. The partially dissociated layers are more stable than chemisorbed intact water with the maximum desorption temperatures up to 30 K higher. For higher oxygen coverage, up to 0.5 monolayers, water does not dissociate and an intact water species is observed above 160 K, which is characterized by an O 1s binding energy 0.6 eV higher than that of chemisorbed water and a high desorption temperature similar to the partially dissociated layer. The extra stabilization is most likely due to hydrogen bonds with atomic oxygen. (C) 2009 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3266941] (Less)
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  author       = {{Shavorskiy, A. and Eralp, T. and Ataman, Evren and Isvoranu, Cristina and Schnadt, Joachim and Andersen, Jesper N and Held, G.}},
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  series       = {{Journal of Chemical Physics}},
  title        = {{Dissociation of water on oxygen-covered Rh{111}}},
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