Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Structure and Interaction Between Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen on the Ru(0001) Surface

Lechner, Barbara A. J.; Feng, Xiaofeng; Feibelman, Peter J.; Cerda, Jorge I.; Salmeron, Miquel B.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05657

Title: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Structure and Interaction Between Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen on the Ru(0001) Surface

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We use scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to investigate the spatial arrangement of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H) coadsorbed on a model catalyst surface, Ru(0001). We find that at cryogenic temperatures, CO forms small triangular islands of up to 21 molecules with hydrogen segregated outside of the islands. Furthermore, whereas for small island sizes (3-6 CO molecules) the molecules adsorb at hcp sites, a registry shift toward top sites occurs for larger islands (10-21 CO molecules). To characterize the CO structures better and to help interpret the data, we carried out density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the structure and simulations of the STM images, which reveal a delicate interplay between the repulsions of the different species.

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Lechner, Barbara A. J. ^[1]; Feng, Xiaofeng ^[2]; Feibelman, Peter J. ^[3]; Cerda, Jorge I. ^[4]; Salmeron, Miquel B. ^[5]

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Technical Univ. of Munich, Garching (Germany)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States)
Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

OSTI Identifier:: 1389593

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1458508

Report Number(s):: SAND-2017-9433J
Journal ID: ISSN 1520-6106; 656705

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; AC02-05CH11231

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Biophysical Chemistry

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1520-6106

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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                    Lechner, Barbara A. J., Feng, Xiaofeng, Feibelman, Peter J., Cerda, Jorge I., and Salmeron, Miquel B. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Structure and Interaction Between Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen on the Ru(0001) Surface.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Lechner, Barbara A. J., Feng, Xiaofeng, Feibelman, Peter J., Cerda, Jorge I., & Salmeron, Miquel B. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Structure and Interaction Between Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen on the Ru(0001) Surface.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05657

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                    Lechner, Barbara A. J., Feng, Xiaofeng, Feibelman, Peter J., Cerda, Jorge I., and Salmeron, Miquel B. Fri .  
"Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Structure and Interaction Between Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen on the Ru(0001) Surface".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05657.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1389593.

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@article{osti_1389593,

  title        = {Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of the Structure and Interaction Between Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen on the Ru(0001) Surface},

  author       = {Lechner, Barbara A. J. and Feng, Xiaofeng and Feibelman, Peter J. and Cerda, Jorge I. and Salmeron, Miquel B.},

  abstractNote = {We use scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to investigate the spatial arrangement of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H) coadsorbed on a model catalyst surface, Ru(0001). We find that at cryogenic temperatures, CO forms small triangular islands of up to 21 molecules with hydrogen segregated outside of the islands. Furthermore, whereas for small island sizes (3-6 CO molecules) the molecules adsorb at hcp sites, a registry shift toward top sites occurs for larger islands (10-21 CO molecules). To characterize the CO structures better and to help interpret the data, we carried out density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the structure and simulations of the STM images, which reveal a delicate interplay between the repulsions of the different species.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05657},

  journal      = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Condensed Matter, Materials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Biophysical Chemistry},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 122,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Fri Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

}

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