Morphological stability of oxygen- and nitrogen-covered Ru(112¯1)
Abstract
Morphological stability of the atomically rough Ru(112¯1) surface upon annealing in NO2, O2, and NH3 at elevated temperatures has been studied using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), low energy electron diffraction (LEED), and Auger electron spectroscopy. The surface becomes fully faceted and covered by oxygen after annealing at T ≥ 600 K in NO2 (10–8 Torr) or O2 (10–6 Torr). The LEED and STM studies reveal that the faceted surface consists of nanoscale ridges, exposing four facets (101¯1), (011¯1), (101¯0), and (011¯0) on the ridges, and the ridge size grows as the annealing temperature increases. Details of the facet structures and reconstructions have been observed. However, no evidence is found for faceting of Ru(112¯1) to occur upon annealing in NH3. As a result, our findings should be important for development of Ru-based catalysts under oxygen-rich conditions.
- Authors:
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- Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1349423
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-93ER14331
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Chemical Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 139; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; scanning tunneling microscopy; single-crystal surfaces; structure sensitivity; carbon-monoxide; shape changes; IR surfaces; oxidation; adsorption; CO; nanoparticles
Citation Formats
Shen, Quantong, Chen, Wenhua, Wang, Hao, and Bartynski, Robert A. Morphological stability of oxygen- and nitrogen-covered Ru(112¯1). United States: N. p., 2013.
Web. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4819130.
Shen, Quantong, Chen, Wenhua, Wang, Hao, & Bartynski, Robert A. Morphological stability of oxygen- and nitrogen-covered Ru(112¯1). United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4819130
Shen, Quantong, Chen, Wenhua, Wang, Hao, and Bartynski, Robert A. Wed .
"Morphological stability of oxygen- and nitrogen-covered Ru(112¯1)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4819130. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1349423.
@article{osti_1349423,
title = {Morphological stability of oxygen- and nitrogen-covered Ru(112¯1)},
author = {Shen, Quantong and Chen, Wenhua and Wang, Hao and Bartynski, Robert A.},
abstractNote = {Morphological stability of the atomically rough Ru(112¯1) surface upon annealing in NO2, O2, and NH3 at elevated temperatures has been studied using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), low energy electron diffraction (LEED), and Auger electron spectroscopy. The surface becomes fully faceted and covered by oxygen after annealing at T ≥ 600 K in NO2 (10–8 Torr) or O2 (10–6 Torr). The LEED and STM studies reveal that the faceted surface consists of nanoscale ridges, exposing four facets (101¯1), (011¯1), (101¯0), and (011¯0) on the ridges, and the ridge size grows as the annealing temperature increases. Details of the facet structures and reconstructions have been observed. However, no evidence is found for faceting of Ru(112¯1) to occur upon annealing in NH3. As a result, our findings should be important for development of Ru-based catalysts under oxygen-rich conditions.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4819130},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
number = 8,
volume = 139,
place = {United States},
year = {2013},
month = {8}
}
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