Pyridine on flat Pt(111) and stepped Pt(355)—An in situ HRXPS investigation of adsorption and thermal evolution
- Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstraße 2, 04103 Leipzig (Germany)
- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)
We investigated the adsorption and reaction of pyridine on flat Pt(111) and stepped Pt(355) surfaces via high-resolution in situ x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The surfaces were exposed to pyridine at temperatures between 112 and 300 K while simultaneously recording XP spectra. Subsequently, the crystals were annealed and the temperature dependencies of the N 1s and C 1s core levels were studied again in a continuous and quantitative way. Various surface species were found, namely, physisorbed, flat-lying and end-on pyridine, α-pyridyl species on the terraces and on the steps and several unidentified high temperature species. We were able to show an influence of the steps of Pt(355) by pre-adsorbing silver next to the step, which selectively suppresses the step adsorption.
- OSTI ID:
- 22493621
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 144, Issue 1; Other Information: (c) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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