HYDROGEN ON RHODIUM (311) - COMMENSURATE ADSORPTION PHASES, RECONSTRUCTION, AND SUBSURFACE BINDING STATES

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作者
NICHTLPECHER, W
STAMMLER, W
HEINZ, K
MULLER, K
机构
[1] Lehrstuhl F̈r Festkörperphysik, Universität Erlangen-N̈rnberg, 8520 Erlangen
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 43卷 / 09期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.43.6946
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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Four superstructure phases are being observed in a combined low-energy electron-diffraction, thermal-desorption mass-spectroscopy, and work-function-change study of hydrogen adsorption on rhodium (311). This relatively open surface offers sites of threefold and fourfold coordination for the hydrogen atoms. Three low-coverage phases, 1 X 3-H, 1 X 2-H, and 1 X 3-2H, observed in the temperature range of 90-250 K, are governed by the lateral interaction of the adsorbate and seem to have little influence on the surface structure of the substrate. The high-coverage 1 X 2 phase, however, is an example of adsorbate-induced reconstruction. In contrast to the previous phases, each of which corresponds to a well-defined coverage THETA less-than-or-equal-to 2/3, the reconstructed phase appears close to THETA = 1 and cannot be saturated. Its well-ordered surface structure remains stable even under extended exposure to hydrogen. The reconstruction apparently opens diffusion channels to subsurface sites. Structural models based on a linear arrangement of hydrogen along the densely packed Rh rows are proposed for all four adsorption phases, taking into account the observed reaction kinetics of desorbing hydrogen.
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页码:6946 / 6951
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