The Coadsorption of Hydrogen And Potassium on Ir(111)

Author(s)

M. Schick
Jochen A. Lauterbach, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
W. H. Weinberg

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, Membrane Science

Abstract

The adsorption of gas-phase atomic hydrogen on potassium-precovered Ir(111) surfaces was investigated. Even very low coverages of potassium adatoms strongly inhibit the dissociative adsorption of molecular hydrogen. However, using gas-phase atomic hydrogen allows us to overcome the activation barrier for dissociative hydrogen adsorption. In addition, abstraction of hydrogen adatoms by impinging atomic hydrogen occurs. The probabilities and cross-sections for both reactions and the maximum number of hydrogen adsorption sites are derived and compared to data obtained on other surfaces. Furthermore, a kinetic isotope effect in the desorption of hydrogen and deuterium was observed. Implications of these results with respect to the potassium-hydrogen interaction are discussed.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-6028(96)00666-8

Publication Info

Published in Surface Science, Volume 360, Issue 1-3, 1996, pages 255-260.

© Surface Science, 1996, Elsevier

APA Citation

Schick, M., Lauterbach, A.J., Weinberg, H.W. (1996). The coadsorption of hydrogen and potassium on Ir(111). Surface Science, 360(1-3), 255-260.

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Rights

© Surface Science, 1996, Elsevier