Modeling of oxygen adsorption on silver

Different adsorption forms of oxygen on silver are discussed. Four main types of oxygen forming at different temperatures and oxygen pressures have been distinguished. A kinetic model describing the formation and transformations of the oxygen forms and taking into account the surface amorphization has been proposed. Numerical modeling of stationary concentrations using this model gives evidence for a temperature window ΔT=500–800 K, where a quasimolecular oxygen state (E=530.5 eV, T_des=800–900 K) can exist at high oxygen pressures.