Adsorption, Desorption, and Diffusion of Nitrogen in a Model Nanoporous Material: II. Diffusion Limited Kinetics in Amorphous Solid Water
Tykhon Zubkov, R. Scott Smith, Todd R. Engstrom, and Bruce D. Kay The adsorption, desorption, and diffusion kinetics of N2 on thick (up to ~9 mm) porous films of amorphous solid water (ASW) films were studied using molecular beam techniques and temperature programmed desorption (TPD). Porous ASW films were grown on Pt(111) at low temperature (<30 K) from a collimated H2O beam at glancing incident angles. In thin films (<1 mm), the desorption kinetics are well described by a model that assumes rapid and uniform N2 distribution throughout the film. In thicker films, (>1 mm), N2 adsorption at 27 K results in a non-uniform distribution where most of N2 is trapped in the outer region of the film. Redistribution of N2 can be induced by thermal annealing. The apparent activation energy for this process is ~7 kJ/mol, which is approximately half of the desorption activation energy at the corresponding coverage. Blocking adsorption sites near the film surface facilitates transport into the film. Despite the onset of limited diffusion, the adsorption kinetics are efficient, precursor-mediated and independent of film thickness. An adsorption mechanism is proposed, in which a high-coverage N2 front propagates into a pore by the rapid transport of physisorbed 2nd layer N2 species on top of the 1st layer chemisorbed layer.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 921838
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-56014; JCPSA6; 21890; 24694; 6500; KC0301020; TRN: US200802%%930
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, 127(14):Art. No. 184708, Vol. 127, Issue 14; ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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