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A RAIRS, TPD and femtosecond laser-induced desorption study of CO, NO and coadsorbed CO + NO on Pd(111)
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posted on 2023-06-09, 02:09 authored by Jadranka Butorac, Emma L Wilson, Helen H Fielding, Wendy BrownWendy Brown, Russell S MinnsHere we present a systematic study of the adsorption and laser induced desorption of CO, NO and CO + NO from a Pd(111) surface at a number of different coverages. We begin by characterising the surfaces using reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) and temperature programmed desorption (TPD). Experiments show that NO displaces pre-adsorbed CO considerably, but that CO has a much smaller effect on pre-adsorbed NO. In both cases, the preferred binding sites of CO are occupied by NO, displacing it to less favourable adsorption sites. Femtosecond laser induced desorption (fs-LID) shows that desorption of CO on Pd(111) follows a power law and is fairly independent of CO coverage, but for NO on Pd(111) we observe a clear deviation from a power law curve at higher coverages, with saturation being observed. This suggests that the cross-section for LID of NO is much larger than that for CO and that NO on Pd(111) is more photoactive than CO on Pd(111). Interestingly, for CO + NO on Pd(111) we find that coadsorption has a strong influence on the photodesorption process and that the structure of the overlayer is also important in controlling the photodesorption products, regardless of the order in which the two molecules are dosed.
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RSC AdvancesISSN
2046-2069Publisher
Royal Society of ChemistryExternal DOI
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6Page range
66346-66359Department affiliated with
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2016-07-13First Open Access (FOA) Date
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2016-07-13Usage metrics
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