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CO Chemisorption on Vicinal Rh(111) Surfaces Studied with a Curved Crystal

Garcia-Martinez, Fernando ; Schiller, Frederik ; Blomberg, Sara LU ; Shipilin, Mikhail LU ; Merte, Lindsay R. LU ; Gustafson, Johan LU ; Lundgren, Edvin LU and Ortega, J. Enrique (2020) In Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124(17). p.9305-9313
Abstract

Curved crystal surfaces enable the systematic and accurate comparison of physical and chemical processes for a full set of vicinal crystal planes, which are probed in the very same environment. Here, we examine the early stages of the CO chemisorption on vicinal Rh(111) surfaces using a curved Rh crystal that exposes a smoothly variable density of {100} (A-type) and {111} (B-type) steps. We readily identify and quantify step and terrace species by resolving their respective core-level lines using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at different locations on the curved surface. Uptake experiments show similar sticking probabilities at all surface planes, subtle asymmetries between A- and B-type steps, and significantly lower saturation... (More)

Curved crystal surfaces enable the systematic and accurate comparison of physical and chemical processes for a full set of vicinal crystal planes, which are probed in the very same environment. Here, we examine the early stages of the CO chemisorption on vicinal Rh(111) surfaces using a curved Rh crystal that exposes a smoothly variable density of {100} (A-type) and {111} (B-type) steps. We readily identify and quantify step and terrace species by resolving their respective core-level lines using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at different locations on the curved surface. Uptake experiments show similar sticking probabilities at all surface planes, subtle asymmetries between A- and B-type steps, and significantly lower saturation coverage at densely stepped surfaces as compared to the (111) plane. The analysis of the C 1s intensity variation across the curved sample allows us to discuss the adsorption geometry around the step edge.

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  author       = {{Garcia-Martinez, Fernando and Schiller, Frederik and Blomberg, Sara and Shipilin, Mikhail and Merte, Lindsay R. and Gustafson, Johan and Lundgren, Edvin and Ortega, J. Enrique}},
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  title        = {{CO Chemisorption on Vicinal Rh(111) Surfaces Studied with a Curved Crystal}},
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