Chemisorption of CO on the Ir(111) Surface: Adsorption And Desorption Kinetics Measured With in Situ Vibrational Spectroscopy
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Article
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Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, Membrane Science, Physics, Condensed Matter Physics
Abstract
The kinetics of adsorption and desorption of carbon monoxide on Ir(111) have been investigated using the well-defined and carefully calibrated IR absorption peak position of the CO intramolecular stretching vibration as a nonintrusive coverage probe. Experiments were performed with time-resolved Fourier transform infrared reflection–absorption spectroscopy (TR-IRAS), which allows high-resolution measurements over a large pressure range between 1×10−8" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; word-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: relative;">1×10−81×10−8 and 1×10−5 mbar" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; word-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; position: relative;">1×10−5 mbar1×10−5 mbar and surface temperature range between 390 and 500 K. The rate of desorption into vacuum is compared with the rate of desorption in the presence of a finite pressure of the desorbing gas. In this case, a flux-dependent enhancement of the desorption rate has been observed previously, which, if existent, should have an important impact on heterogeneously catalyzed reactions performed under high-pressure conditions. Most of these experiments, however, were performed using thermal desorptionspectroscopy, a nonequilibrium method. We have been able to measure all rate parameters that are essential to describe the desorptionin situ with TR-IRAS and have, thereby, clarified the disagreements that exist in the literature.
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Publication Info
Published in Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, Volume 15, Issue 3, 1997, pages 1630-1635.
© Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 1997, American Institute of Physics
APA Citation
Sushchick, M., Lauterbach, A.J., Weinburg, H.W. (1997). Chemisorption of CO on the Ir(111) surface: Adsorption and desorption kinetics measured with in situ vibrational spectroscopy. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 15(3), 1630-1635.
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© Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 1997, American Institute of Physics