Enhancing Dissociative Adsorption of Water on Cu(111) via Chemisorbed Oxygen

Liu, Qianqian; Li, Jonathan; Tong, Xiao; Zhou, Guangwen

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12897

Title: Enhancing Dissociative Adsorption of Water on Cu(111) via Chemisorbed Oxygen

Journal Article · 16 May 2017 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12897 · OSTI ID:1438301

Liu, Qianqian ^[1]; Li, Jonathan ^[2]; Tong, Xiao ^[3];

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State Univ. of New York, Binghamton, NY (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Engineering Program
State Univ. of New York, Binghamton, NY (United States). Dept. of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy & Materials Science and Engineering Program
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)

We have used X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to study the dehydrogenation of H₂O molecules on the clean and oxygenated Cu(111) surfaces. The clean surface does not show reactivity toward H₂O dehydrogenation. By contrast, H₂O molecules on the oxygenated Cu(111) dissociate into OH species by reacting with chemisorbed oxygen until the complete consumption of the chemisorbed oxygen at which the surface loses its reactivity toward H₂O dehydrogenation. Increasing the temperature to 200 °C and above decreases molecularly adsorbed H₂O for dehydrogenation, thereby resulting in less loss of chemisorbed O. In conjunction with density-functional theory calculations, a three-step reaction pathway is proposed to account for the chemisorbed O assisted dehydrogenation of H₂O molecules and the net loss of surface oxygen. Finally, these results provide insight into understanding the elemental steps of the dehydrogenation of H₂O molecules and the controllable conditions for tuning H₂O dissociation on metal surfaces.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; CMMI- 1056611; CBET-1264940

OSTI ID:: 1438301

Report Number(s):: BNL-205656-2018-JAAM; TRN: US1900415

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Vol. 121, Issue 22; ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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