A photoelectron spectroscopic investigation of the interaction between H2O and oxygen on Ag(110)

The adsorption and reaction of H₂O with adsorbed oxygen atoms on Ag(110) was examined by UPS. In agreement with previous EELS results, H₂O formed multilayers of ice upon adsorption at 140 K. The ice layers could be easily distinguished from monolayer coverages of chemisorbed H₂O (present above 160 K) by UPS. The ice layers produced (1) strong attenuation of the emission from the Ag d-bands, (2) a nearly 2 eV shift of H₂O valence levels to higher binding energy and (3) strong attenuation of emission from the H₂O 3a₁ orbital. H₂O was observed to react stoichiometrically with O(a) above 250 K to produce a pure layer of adsorbed hydroxyl species. The UPS spectra for these species exhibited features at ?5.8 and ?8.7 eV, as well as strong features above the d-bands. These spectra were compared with those for OH(a) on other surfaces, and the difficulties of identifying OH by UPS due to contamination by excess H₂O are discussed.     

Single orbital relaxations accompanying core ionization in the isoelectronic series CH4, NH3, H2O,HF and Ne

Single orbital contributions to the total relaxation energy accompanying core ionization are computed by means of non-empirical LCAO MO SCF calculations within the ΔSCF formalism for the isoelectronic series CH₄, NH₃, H₂O, HF and Ne. Individual contributions to the total relaxation energy associated with the valence levels of essentially core-like 2s character are also presented.     

The Auger spectrum of solid ammonia

The Auger electron spectrum of solid ammonia has been measured using Al K_α radiation as an excitation source. The spectral profile has been analysed in terms of seven main peaks, as for the free molecule spectrum, along with an additional satellite peak at higher kinetic energy. The major change from the gas phase to the solid state spectrum is a significant lifetime broadening of the peaks involving the 3a₁-type molecular orbital. In the free molecule the 3a₁ orbital is occupied by a lone pair of electrons, whereas, in the solid these electrons are primarily responsible for the hydrogen bonding between the NH₃ entities forming the molecular crystal.     

富镧混合稀土-镍贮氢材料CO,O2和H2O中毒的表面特征

本文用UPS,XPS研究了贮氢材料MlNi₅(Ml=La,Ce,Pr,Nd)的CO,O₂和H₂O的中毒,在UPS谱中,我们观察到在E_F以下峰α(0.3eV)和峰b(1.2eV)强度随中毒气体暴露量增加有显著变化,并向低动能端位移,逐渐形成肩峰,与此同时,峰c(6eV)和峰d(9.5eV)的强度随暴露量增加而增加,并有能量位移,配合XPS分析,分别确定相应的化学态。氧中毒后的MlNi₅,经300℃加氢还原,从UPS谱可以看到峰α,b强度增加;H₂O和CO中毒后,在超高真空条件下,分别经300℃加热处理,和Ar⁺剥离方法,均获得类似的效果,XPS分析进一步证实了这些结果。实验给出了贮氢材料MlNi₅中过渡金属镍的d电子与气体自由分子轨道间电荷转移的信息,为在实际应用中认识此类贮氢合金的表面催化中毒和再生提供了依据。 关键词：     

α-Al2O3(0001)基片表面结构与能量研究

对α-Al₂O₃(0001)晶体表层三种不同终止原子结构的计算模型， 在三维周期边界条件下 的κ空间中，采用超软赝势平面波函数描述多电子体系.应用基于密度泛函理论的局域密度 近似，计算了不同表层结构的体系能量，表明最表层终止原子为单层Al的表面结构最稳定. 对由10个原子组成的菱形原胞进行了结构优化，得到晶胞参数值(a₀＝0.48178n m)与实验 报道值误差小于1.3%.进一步计算了超晶胞(2×2)表面弛豫，弛豫后原第2层O原子层成为最 表层； 对不同表层O，Al原子最外层电子进行了布居分析，表面电子有更大的概率被定域在 O原子的周围，表面明显地表现出O原子的电子表面态. 关键词： 2O₃(0001)')" href="#">α-Al₂O₃(0001) 超软赝势 表面结构 表面态     

Absorption spectra of vanadyl ion doped in MgNH4PO4·6H2O (struvite) crystal

Results of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) and optical absorption studies of VO²⁺ ion doped in struvite at room liquid nitrogen temperatures are reported. Three preferential V=O bond directions in the crystal have been identified. The optical and EPR data have shown the formation of NH₄(PO₄VO(H₂O)₅ complex in the crystal as a result of VO²⁺ doping. Correlating the optical and EPR data the molecular orbital coefficients are also obtained and discussed.     

UPS and XPS studies of the chemisorption of O2, H2 AND H2O on reduced and stoichiometric SrTiO3(111) surfaces; The effects of illumination

About one monolayer of Ti³⁺ species is detectable at the surface of reduced SrTiO₃(111) single crystals by XPS and UPS. O₂, H₂ and H₂O have been adsorbed in the dark and the decrease on the concentration of the Ti³⁺ species has been monitored as a function of the gas exposures. Subsequent band gap illumination partially restores the Ti³⁺ initial concentration in the cases of O₂ and H₂ exposures but not in the case of H₂O. The Ti³⁺ photogeneration on the oxygen covered surface is associated with oxygen photodesorption as indicated by XPS and UPS. UPS measurements give evidence for surface hydroxylation resulting from water and hydrogen adsorption. The activity of the stoichiometric SrTiO₃(111) crystal face for O₂ and H₂ adsorption is very low when compared with the reduced SrTiO₃ samples.     

UPS spectra of H2O,CH3OH and C5H9OH adsorbed onto Cu(111)/Na and Na(cp)

The present communication presents ultraviolet photoemission spectra (UPS) of three different “alcohols”; water (H₂O), methanol (CH₃OH), and cyclopentanol (C₅H₉OH), chemisorbed onto a Cu(111) surface partially covered by sodium atoms as well as onto closely packed sodium films, a free electron adsorbent. Whereas all three alcohols ROH bind reversibly and associatively to Cu(111) they react with adsorbed sodium atoms to metal bound alcoxides RO. The chemisorption bond, characterized by the interaction between O 2pπ orbitals and metal atoms as an electron donor, the alcoxide being the acceptor, is similar for all groups R. The O 2pπ orbitals shift to higher UPS binding energies with increasing electron density, i.e. decreasing r_s/a_o of the sodium overlayer. Only for HONa, the sterically smallest group R, does the alcoxide growth continue in three dimensions. Although, possibly failing to reproduce the electron density profile of a free electron surface, Hartree-Fock-Slater cluster calculations of small models ROH and RONa₃ enable correlations to be made between UPS intensity peaks and one electron orbitals.     

Adsorption and decomposition of H2O on a K-covered Pt(111) surface

The adsorption of H₂O on clean and K-covered Pt(111) was investigated by utilizing Auger, X-ray and ultra-violet photoemission spectroscopies. The adsorption on Pt(111) at 100–150 K was purely molecular (ice formation) in agreement with previous work. No dissociation of this adsorbed H₂O was noted on heating to higher temperatures. On the other hand, adsorption of H₂O on Pt(111) + K leads to dissociation and to the formation of OH species which were characterized by a work function increase, an O 1s binding energy of 530.9 eV and UPS peaks at 4.7 and 8.7 eV below the Fermi level. The amount of OH formed was proportional to the K coverage for θ_K > 0.06 whereas no OH could be detected for θ? 0.06. Dissociation of H₂O occurred already at T = 100 K, with a sequential appearance of O 1s peaks at 531 and 533 eV representing OH and adsorbed H₂O, respectively. At room temperature and above only the OH species was observed. Annealing of the surface covered with coadsorbed K/OH indicated the high stability of this OH species which could be detected spectroscopically up to 570 K. The adsorption energy of H₂O coadsorbed with K and OH on Pt(111) is increased relative to that of H₂O on Pt. The work function due to this adsorbed H₂O increases whereas it decreases for H₂O on Pt(111). The energy shifts of valence and O1s core levels of H₂O on Pt + K as deduced from a comparison of gas phase and adsorbate spectra are 2.8–4.2 eV compared to ≈ 1.3–2.3 eV for H₂O on Pt (111). This increased relaxation energy shift suggests a charge transfer screening process for H₂O on Pt + K possibly involving the unoccupied 4a₁ orbital of H₂O. The occurrence of this mode of screening would be consistent with the higher adsorption energy of H₂O on Pt + K and with its high propensity to dissociate into OH and H.     

Electronic structure of the valence bands of SnCl2 and SnBr2 studied by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy

A photoelectron study of the outermost bands of solid-phase SnCl₂ and SnBr₂ using 40.81 eV photons is reported. The main features of the spectra are successfully interpreted in terms of molecular orbital theory for the appropriate isolated molecules.     

Hydrogen bonding and excited state properties of the photoexcited hydrogen‐bonded (E)‐S‐(2‐aminopropyl) 3‐(4‐hydroxyphenyl)prop‐2‐enethioate complexes

The time‐dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) method has been performed to investigate the excited state and hydrogen bonding dynamics of a series of photoinduced hydrogen‐bonded complexes formed by (E)‐S‐(2‐aminopropyl) 3‐(4‐hydroxyphenyl)prop‐2‐enethioate with water molecules in vacuum. The ground state geometric optimizations and electronic transition energies as well as corresponding oscillator strengths of the low‐lying electronic excited states of the (E)‐S‐(2‐aminopropyl) 3‐(4‐hydroxyphenyl)prop‐2‐enethioate monomer and its hydrogen‐bonded complexes O₁‐H₂O, O₂‐H₂O, and O₁O₂‐(H₂O)₂ were calculated by the density functional theory and TDDFT methods, respectively. It is found that in the excited states S₁ and S₂, the intermolecular hydrogen bond formed with carbonyl oxygen is strengthened and induces an excitation energy redshift, whereas the hydrogen bond formed with phenolate oxygen is weakened and results in an excitation energy blueshift. This can be confirmed based on the excited state geometric optimizations by the TDDFT method. Furthermore, the frontier molecular orbital analysis reveals that the states with the maximum oscillator strength are mainly contributed by the orbital transition from the highest occupied molecular orbital to the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital. These states are of locally excited character, and they correspond to single‐bond isomerization while the double bond remains unchanged in vacuum.     

Adsorption of N2O on Ru(001)

The adsorption of N₂O on Ru(001) at ~ 100K has been studied using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), and thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS). At low exposures, N₂O partly dissociates leaving atomic oxygen on the surface and desorbing N₂. With increasing N₂O exposures, molecular adsorption becomes dominant. He II UPS of the gas phase, solid and monolayer adsorbed molecular N₂O are compared. To within experimental error, the peak spacings in all three are the same. The distributions of intensities in the gas and solid phase spectra are the same. In the monolayer spectra, the 7~σ (terminal nitrogen lone pair) orbital intensity is decreased significantly indicating that it is more strongly coupled to the surface than the other valence orbitals. No molecular N₂O remains after heating to above 180 K and no detectable amount of dissociated nitrogen appears. Molecularly adsorbed N₂O is easily dissociated by an electron beam to give N₂(g), NO(g) and O(a).     

Time-dependent density functional theory study on electronic excited states of the hydrogen-bonded solute-solvent phenol-(H2O)n (n=3-5) clusters

The solute-solvent interactions of hydrogen-bonded phenol-(H₂O)_n (n=3-5) clusters in electronic excited states were investigated by means of the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) method. The geometric structures and IR spectra in ground state, S₁ state, and T₁ state of the clusters, were calculated using the density functional theory (DFT) and TDDFT methods. Only the ring form isomer, the most stable one of the cluster, was considered in this study. Four, five and six intermolecular hydrogen bonds were formed in phenol-(H₂O)₃, phenol-(H₂O)₄, and phenol-(H₂O)₅ clusters, respectively. Based on the analysis of IR spectra, it is revealed that the “window region” between unshifted and shifted absorption bands in both S₁ and T₁ state becomes broader compared with that in ground state for the corresponding clusters. Furthermore, two interesting phenomenon were observed: (1) with the anticlockwise order of the ring formed by the intermolecular hydrogen bonds in the H-bonded phenol-(H₂O)_n (n=3-5) clusters, the strengths of the intermolecular hydrogen bonds decrease in all the S₀, S₁ and T₁ states; (2) upon electronic excitation, the smaller the distance between phenol and water is, the larger the change of intermolecular hydrogen bonds strength is. Moreover, the intermolecular hydrogen bond (phenolic OH is the H donor) is strengthened in excited state compared with that in ground state. But the intermolecular hydrogen bond (phenolic OH is the H acceptor) is weakened in excited state.     

Valence shell momentum distributions,binding energies,and calculated wavefunction evaluation for H2S by binary (e,2e) spectroscopy

We report preliminary results on the binding energy spectrum and molecular orbital momentum distributions of H₂S as measured by binary (e,2e) spectroscopy at 400 eV. Extensive final ion state structure associated with ionization from the inner valence molecular orbital of H₂S is observed. Three momentum distribution calculations for H₂S using basis sets of varying complexity show a better fit than in H₂O (J. Electron Spectrosc. $\text{11}$ (1977) 205) for a given quality of basis set.     

氧化石墨烯负载的Pt单原子催化硼胺烷水解机理的理论研究

本文研究了氧化石墨烯负载Pt单原子(Pt₁/Gr-O)催化硼胺烷(NH₃BH₃)全水解反应机理,即一分子的NH₃BH₃生成三分子的氢气(H₂)的过程. 在水解路径中,首先吸附的硼胺烷连续断裂两个B-H键生成第一分子的H₂. 接着,一个H₂O分子与^*BHNH₃基团(^*表示吸附态)反应生成^*BH(H₂O)NH₃,其中伸长的O-H键断裂后形成^*BH(OH)NH₃. 然后,第二个H₂O与^*BH(OH)NH₃反应生成^*BH(OH)(H₂O)NH₃,在指向Pt₁/Gr-O表面的O-H断裂后,生成BH(OH)₂NH₃并脱附到水溶液中. 两个水分子脱氢产生的两个H原子脱附生成第二个H₂分子,且Pt₁/Gr-O催化剂恢复. 脱附后的BH(OH)₂NH₃在水溶液中水解生成第三个H₂分子. 纵观整个水解反应,H₂O分子和^*BHNH₃基团的结合是反应速控步,其反应能垒是16.1 kcal/mol. 因此,Pt₁/Gr-O有希望成为室温催化NH₃BH₃全水解催化剂.     

Hydrogen bond nature in formamide (CYHNH2···XH; YO,S, Se,Te; XF,HO, NH2) complexes at their ground and low‐lying excited states

A theoretical study on the nature of hydrogen bond for formamide and its heavy complexes (CYHNH₂···XH; Y?O, S, Se, Te; X?F, HO, NH₂) was performed on the basis of density functional theory and the quantum chemistry analysis. Except for the CYHNH₂···NH₃ complexes, the substitution of O atom at formamide with less electronegative atoms (S, Se, and Te) is found to weaken the hydrogen bond (H‐bond). This substitution results in cyclic structure of hydrated and ammoniated formamide complexes by the formation of bifunctional H‐bonds (Y···H₄X; X···H₃C). Natural bond orbital analysis indicates that the H‐bond is weakened because of less charge transfer from a lone pair orbital of H‐bond acceptor to antibonding orbital of H‐bond donor. The quantum theory of atoms in molecules analysis reveals that the acyclic structure with single H‐bond stabilizes the complexes more than the cyclic structure formed by bifunctional H‐bonds. Natural energy decomposition analysis (NEDA) and block‐localized wavefunction energy decomposition (BLW‐ED) analyses show that the H‐bond stabilization energies of NEDA and BLW‐ED have good correlation with the dissociation energy of formamide complexes and charge transfer from donor to acceptor atom play an important role in H‐bonding. We have also studied the low‐lying electronic excited states (T₁, T₂, and S₁) for CYHNH₂···H₂O complexes to explore the nature of H‐bond on the basis of electronegativity and found that NEDA also establishes a good correlation with relative electronic energy (with respect to their ground state) and H‐bond strength at their excited states. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Crystal structure and thermal behavior of two new organic monosulfates NH3(CH2)5NH3SO4 1.5H2O and NH3(CH2)9NH3SO4 H2O

The chemical preparation, the calorimetric studies and the crystal structure are given for two new organic sulfates NH₃(CH₂)₅NH₃SO₄ 1.5H₂O (DAP-S) and NH₃(CH₂)₉NH₃SO₄·H₂O (DAN-S). DAP-S is monoclinic P2₁/n with unit cell dimensions: a=11.9330(2) Å; b=10.9290(2) Å; c=17.5260(2) Å; β=101.873(1)°; V=2236.77(6) Å³; and Z=8. Its atomic arrangement is described as inorganic layers of units and water molecules separated by organic chains. DAN-S is monoclinic P2₁/c with unit cell parameters: a=5.768(2) Å; b=25.890(10) Å; c=11.177(5) Å; β=115.70(4)°; V=1504.0(11) Å³ and Z=4. Its structure exhibits infinite chains, parallel to the [100] direction where the organic cations are interconnected. In both structures a network of strong and weak hydrogen bonds connects the different components in the building of the crystal.     

Fourier transform and CARS spectroscopy of the ν1 and ν3 fundamental bands of 14NH3

The ν₁ and ν₃ fundamental bands of ¹⁴NH₃ have been measured using the techniques of Fourier transform and coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy. The effective values of the band origins, rotational and centrifugal distortion constants, and parameters of the vibrational-rotational interactions have been obtained by analyzing these bands as essentially regular parallel and perpendicular bands, with the “off-diagonal” local resonance interactions excluded from the fit. The “diagonal” l-type resonance effects have been included into the analysis of the ν₃ band for the +l, K = 1 and ?l, K = 2 levels.     

Ca掺杂的氧化铍纳米管吸附H2O和NH3的选择传感特

通过密度泛函计算, 借助NH₃和H₂O分子对未掺杂以及钙掺杂的BeO碳纳米管的结构和电传导性进行了研究. 结果发现,NH₃和H₂O分子可以吸附在纳米管侧壁的Be原子上,吸附能分别为约36.1和39.0 kcal/mol. 态密度分析显示BeO纳米管的电传导性在吸附后稍有变化. 对于NH₃和H₂O分子,纳米管表面的钙原子替换Be原子可使吸附能分别增加约7.4和14.7 kcal/mol. 与未掺杂纳米管不同的是,钙掺杂BeONT吸附NH₃和H₂O分子的电传导性更加敏感,且H₂O分子比NH₃分子更敏感.