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Atomic hydrogen interaction with Ru(1010).

E Vesselli1, G Comelli, R Rosei

  • 1Physics Department, Center of Excellence for Nanostructured Materials, Universita degli Studi di Trieste, via A. Valerio 2, 34127-Trieste, Italy.

The Journal of Chemical Physics
|July 23, 2004
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Atomic hydrogen reacts with ruthenium surfaces, forming new desorption peaks and water. Hot atom kinetics accurately describes deuterium abstraction, revealing insights into surface interactions.

Area of Science:

  • Surface Science
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Materials Chemistry

Background:

  • Understanding atomic hydrogen interactions with metal surfaces is crucial for catalysis and materials science.
  • Ruthenium (Ru) is a key catalyst, and its interactions with hydrogen are extensively studied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interaction of atomic hydrogen with clean and deuterium-precovered Ru(1010) surfaces.
  • To elucidate the reaction mechanisms and kinetics involved in hydrogen adsorption and abstraction.
  • To study the effect of oxygen precoverage on atomic hydrogen interaction with Ru(1010).

Main Methods:

  • Temperature-Programmed Desorption (TPD) spectroscopy was employed to analyze desorption products.
  • X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) was used to study surface composition.

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  • Kinetic modeling, including the hot atom (HA) mechanism, was applied to experimental data.

    • Main Results:

    • Exposure of clean Ru(1010) to atomic hydrogen at 90 K resulted in two new desorption peaks at 115 K and 150 K.
    • Surface saturation coverage was determined to be 2.5 monolayers.
    • Deuterium abstraction experiments indicated that a hot atom (HA) kinetics model, not a pure Eley-Rideal mechanism, describes the reaction, yielding an abstraction cross section of 0.5 ± 0.2 Ų.
    • Atomic hydrogen readily hydrogenates pre-adsorbed oxygen, producing water even at 90 K.

    Conclusions:

    • Atomic hydrogen exhibits complex adsorption and reaction pathways on Ru(1010), distinct from molecular hydrogen.
    • The hot atom kinetic model provides a good description of deuterium abstraction by atomic hydrogen on Ru(1010).
    • Atomic hydrogen efficiently reacts with oxygen on Ru(1010), leading to water formation at low temperatures.