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Adsorption sites in coadsorption systems determined by photoemission spectroscopy : K and CO coadsorbed on Rh(111)

Strisland, F. ; Beutler, A. LU ; Jaworowski, A. J. LU ; Nyholm, R. LU ; Setlik, B. ; Heskett, D. and Andersen, J. N. LU (1998) In Surface Science 410(2-3). p.330-343
Abstract

The adsorption sites of coadsorbed K and CO on the Rh(111) surface have been determined using high-resolution core-level spectroscopy, low-energy electron diffraction and site-resolved photoelectron diffraction. For both a (2 × 2)-2CO-1K and a (2√3 × 2√3)-6CO-1K structure, we find that the CO molecules occupy threefold hollow sites and the K atoms on-top sites, contrary to the adsorption sites of K (threefold hollow site) and CO (on-top site below 0.5 monolayers) if adsorbed alone on Rh(111). Deposition of K onto a CO precovered surface is found to induce large shifts towards lower binding energy of the C and O 1s core levels (∼0.7 eV for C 1s and ∼1.5 eV for O 1s). The major part of these shifts is shown to arise from the K-induced... (More)

The adsorption sites of coadsorbed K and CO on the Rh(111) surface have been determined using high-resolution core-level spectroscopy, low-energy electron diffraction and site-resolved photoelectron diffraction. For both a (2 × 2)-2CO-1K and a (2√3 × 2√3)-6CO-1K structure, we find that the CO molecules occupy threefold hollow sites and the K atoms on-top sites, contrary to the adsorption sites of K (threefold hollow site) and CO (on-top site below 0.5 monolayers) if adsorbed alone on Rh(111). Deposition of K onto a CO precovered surface is found to induce large shifts towards lower binding energy of the C and O 1s core levels (∼0.7 eV for C 1s and ∼1.5 eV for O 1s). The major part of these shifts is shown to arise from the K-induced site change of the CO molecules. This finding may be of importance in the interpretation of XPS data of related co-adsorption systems. Finally, it is suggested that the C and O 1s binding energies provide useful fingerprints of the CO adsorption site also for co-adsorption systems.

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Co-adsorption, High-resolution core-level photoemission, Photoelectron diffraction
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Elsevier
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  author       = {{Strisland, F. and Beutler, A. and Jaworowski, A. J. and Nyholm, R. and Setlik, B. and Heskett, D. and Andersen, J. N.}},
  issn         = {{0039-6028}},
  keywords     = {{Co-adsorption; High-resolution core-level photoemission; Photoelectron diffraction}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{08}},
  number       = {{2-3}},
  pages        = {{330--343}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Surface Science}},
  title        = {{Adsorption sites in coadsorption systems determined by photoemission spectroscopy : K and CO coadsorbed on Rh(111)}},
  volume       = {{410}},
  year         = {{1998}},
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