Aniline adsorption, hydrogenation, and hydrogenolysis on the Ni(100) surface
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- NIST, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
The bonding and reactions of adsorbed aniline have been characterized on the Ni(100) surface both in hydrogen and in vacuum with a combination of surface spectroscopies. The structure of adsorbed aniline and derived intermediates has been characterized by near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS). The dominant surface reactions have been studied using temperature-programmed reaction spectroscopy (TPRS) and in-situ temperature-programmed fluorescence yield near- edge spectroscopy (TP FYNES). Competition between hydrogenation, hydrogenolysis, and dehydrogenation of aniline in the 300-400 K temperature range depends markedly on hydrogen pressures in the vacuum to 0.01 Torr range. In the absence of external hydrogen, dehydrogenation dominates with increasing temperature. Both hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis of aniline-derived surface intermediates are enhanced dramatically by hydrogen atmospheres. For aniline coverages up to 1 monolayer, hydrogenolysis to form benzene at 475 K is dominant over a broad hydrogen pressure range (> 10{sup -6} Torr). Ultrasoft X-ray absorption spectra above the carbon K edge of the aniline-derived surface intermediates reveal that the precursor for hydrogenolysis is a hydrogenated aniline-derived species indistinguishable from cyclohexylamine. 34 refs., 12 figs., 2 tabs.
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-91ER14190
- OSTI ID:
- 374479
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol. 100, Issue 24; Other Information: PBD: 13 Jun 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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