Ethylene, sulphur, and chlorine coadsorption on Pd(111): a theoretical study of poisoning and promotion

First principles calculations for the coadsorption of C₂H₄ with S and Cl on Pd(111) are presented. Sulphur poisons adsorption, decreasing the strength of the ethylene–surface interaction. While low coverages of chlorine alone do not appear to affect ethylene adsorption on the otherwise clean palladium surface, chlorine does act as a promoter on the sulphur poisoned surface, increasing the strength of the ethylene–surface interaction. The promotional effect is attributed to changes in the dative bonding of the molecule and the surface and cannot be explained solely in terms of changes in the metal workfunction.     

The coadsorption of hydrogen and potassium on Ir(111)

The adsorption of gas-phase atomic hydrogen on potassium-precovered Ir(111) surfaces was investigated. Even very low coverages of potassium adatoms strongly inhibit the dissociative adsorption of molecular hydrogen. However, using gas-phase atomic hydrogen allows us to overcome the activation barrier for dissociative hydrogen adsorption. In addition, abstraction of hydrogen adatoms by impinging atomic hydrogen occurs. The probabilities and cross-sections for both reactions and the maximum number of hydrogen adsorption sites are derived and compared to data obtained on other surfaces. Furthermore, a kinetic isotope effect in the desorption of hydrogen and deuterium was observed. Implications of these results with respect to the potassium-hydrogen interaction are discussed.     

Pd与CeO2(111)面的相互作用的第一性原理研究

采用基于广义梯度近似的投影缀加平面波(projector augmented wave) 赝势和具有三维周期性边界条件的超晶胞模型，用第一性原理计算方法，计算并分析了Pd在CeO₂(111)面上不同覆盖度时的吸附能，价键结构和局域电子结构. 考虑了单层Pd和1/4单层Pd两种覆盖度吸附的情况. 结果表明：1)在单层吸附时，Pd的最佳吸附位置是O的顶位偏向Ce的桥位；在1/4单层吸附时，Pd最易在O的桥位偏向次层O的顶位吸附.2) 单层覆盖度吸附时，吸附原子Pd之间的作用较强；1/4单 关键词： 三元催化剂 Pd 2')" href="#">CeO₂ 吸附 密度泛函理论     

Charging of metal adatoms on ultrathin oxide films: Au and Pd on FeO/Pt(111)

We present a combined experimental (STM/scanning tunneling spectroscopy) and theoretical (density functional theory) study on the deposition of Au and Pd metal atoms on FeO/Pt(111) ultrathin films. We show that while the Pd atoms are only slightly oxidized, the Au atoms form positive ions upon deposition, at variance to a charge transfer into the Au atoms as observed for MgO/Ag(100). The modulation of the adsorption properties within the surface Moiré cell and the charging induce the formation a self-assembled array of gold adatoms on FeO/Pt(111), whereas Pd atoms are randomly distributed.     

Adsorption of hydrogen and deuterium on potassium-promoted Pd(100) surfaces

The adsorption of H₂ and D₂ has been studied on clean and K-promoted Pd(100) surfaces using thermal desorption, work function changes, ultraviolet photoelectron and Auger spectroscopy. The potassium adlayer significantly lowers the sticking coefficient (from 0.6 to 0.06 at θ_k = 0.2), and the uptake of hydrogen, but increases the desorption energy for H₂ desorption. Calculation showed that each potassium adatom blocks approximately 4–5 adsorption sites for H₂ adsorption. Atomization of hydrogen led to an increase of hydrogen uptake. The adsorption of potassium on the H-covered surface caused a significant decrease in the amount of hydrogen adsorbed on the surface (as indicated by less desorbing hydrogen below 500 K) and promoted the dissolution of H atoms into the bulk of Pd. The dissolved hydrogen was released only above 600–650 K. In the interpetation of the results the extended charge transfer from K-dosed Pd to the adsorbed H atoms and the direct interaction between adsorbed H and K adatoms are taken into account.     

Adsorption of Xe atoms on metal surfaces: new insights from first-principles calculations

The adsorption of rare gases on metal surfaces serves as the paradigm of weak adsorption where it is typically assumed that the adsorbate occupies maximally coordinated hollow sites. Density-functional theory calculations using the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method for Xe adatoms on Mg(0001), Al(111), Ti(0001), Cu(111), Pd(111), and Pt(111), show, however, that Xe prefers low coordination on-top sites in all cases. We identify the importance of polarization and a site-dependent Pauli repulsion in actuating the site preference and the principle nature of the rare-gas atom-metal surface interaction.     

Adsorption dynamics for the system hydrogen/palladium and its relation to the surface electronic structure

We have determined differential sticking coefficients for a monoenergetic nozzle beam of hydrogen on Pd(111) and Pd(110). In particular the energy dependence and the angular variation of the initial sticking coefficient were measured. The results indicate that adsorption of hydrogen on palladium occurs in parallel processes through a direct path with an activation barrier of perhaps 50 meV or less and a precursor path. There is relatively little difference in the adsorption properties of the (111) and the (110) plane. The appearance of a molecular precursor on the (111) plane can be related to the electronic structure of palladium, in particular to the absence of occupied Shockley surface states, as compared to Ni (111) and Pt (111). Pre-adsorbed potassium on a (110) plane acts as an inhibitor to adsorption. Different inhibiting mechanisms are observed for the direct adsorption path and the precursor path. At high potassium coverage the precursor path is completely suppressed.     

Molecular beam studies of ethanol oxidation on Pd(110)

The adsorption and decomposition of ethanol on Pd(110) has been studied by use of a molecular beam reactor and temperature programmed desorption. It is found that the major pathway for ethanol decomposition occurs via a surface ethoxy to a methyl group, carbon monoxide and hydrogen adatoms. The methyl groups can either produce methane (which they do with a high selectivity for adsorption below 250 K) or can further decompose (which they do with a high selectivity for adsorption above 350 K) resulting in surface carbon. If adsorption occurs above 250 K a high temperature (450 K) hydrogen peak is observed in TPD, resulting from the decomposition of stable hydrocarbon fragments. A competing pathway also exists which involves C---O bond scission of the ethoxy, probably caused by a critical ensemble of palladium atoms at steps, defects or due to a local surface reconstruction. The presence of oxygen does not significantly alter the decomposition pathway above 250 K except that water and, above 380 K, carbon dioxide are produced by reaction of the oxygen adatoms with hydrogen adatoms and adsorbed carbon monoxide respectively. Below 250 K, some ethanol can form acetate which decomposes around 400 K to produce carbon dioxide and hydrogen.     

Studies on ethylene adsorption on Ni,Pd and Pt films and the reactivity of the selected forms of the adsorbate with hydrogen

A rapidly-recording, static-capacitor method was used to study surface potential changes that occur during ethylene adsorption on Ni, Pd, and Pt films at 298 K. A precise dosing system for the introduction of gases and a careful determination of the roughness factor allowed us to relate the surface potential to the concentration of the various adsorbed species. Using this information we propose a mechanism for ethylene selfhydrogenation. Ethylene admolecules adsorbed in the second layer react readily with hydrogen whereas those from the first layer do not. On platinum films, only the electropositively-polarised β⁺ hydrogen adatoms are reactive with ethylene, but with Ni and Pd films only the electronegatively-polarised β^? hydrogen adatoms are reactive.     

Adsorption of hydrogen on palladium single crystal surfaces

The adsorption of hydrogen on clean Pd(110) and Pd(111) surfaces as well as on a Pd(111) surface with regular step arrays was studied by means of LEED, thermal desorption spectroscopy and contact potential measurements. Absorption in the bulk plays an important role but could be separated from the surface processes. With Pd(110) an ordered 1 × 2 structure and with Pd(111) a 1 × 1 structure was formed. Maximum work function increases of 0.36, 0.18 and 0.23 eV were determined with Pd(110), Pd(111) and the stepped surface, respectively, this quantity being influenced only by adsorbed hydrogen under the chosen conditions. The adsorption isotherms derived from contact potential data revealed that at low coverages θ ∞ √p_H2, indicating atomic adsorption. Initial heats of H₂ adsorption of 24.4 kcal/mole for Pd(110) and of 20.8 kcal/mole for Pd(111) were derived, in both cases E_ad being constant up to at least half the saturation coverage. With the stepped surface the adsorption energies coincide with those for Pd(111) at medium coverages, but increase with decreasing coverage by about 3 kcal/mole. D₂ is adsorbed on Pd(110) with an initial adsorption energy of 22.8 kcal/mole.     

Interfacial properties of Ce<Subscript>0.75</Subscript>Zr<Subscript>0.25</Subscript>O<Subscript>2</Subscript> supported noble metals (Pd,Pt) from first principles

First-principles electronic structure calculations of noble metals (NM=Pd, Pt)/Ce_0.75Zr_0.25O₂ systems are presented. It is found that: the NM adatoms do not prefer to stay at the atop or the bridge sites of the cations (Ce and Zr), but prefer to be adsorbed at or around the anion sites. The most preferable adsorption sites for both the Pd and Pt adatoms are the O-bridge sites neighboring the Zr dopant. The Pt adatom show much stronger interaction with the Ce_0.75Zr_0.25O₂(111) surface than does the Pd adatom. The interactions of the NM/Ce_0.75Zr_0.25O₂(111) interfaces are stronger than those of the corresponding NM/ceria(111) interfaces. There are some metal induced gap states (MIGS) appeared in the gaps of the NM/Ce_0.75Zr_0.25O₂(111) interfaces, which are important to catalytic properties of the NM/Ce_0.75Zr_0.25O₂(111) catalysts.     

Simple models of hydrogen adsorption on germanium

The dependence of work function Δφ on degree of coverage Θ for the Ge(100) and Ge(111) surfaces determined in terms of simple models that include the dipole-dipole interaction of hydrogen adatoms. It is found that experimental dependence Δφ(Θ) for the Ge(111) surface can be explained by taking into account an increase in the adsorption bond length with Θ. The charge of the adatoms as a function of Θ is calculated, and the variation of the surface conductivity of the substrate is estimated.     

Adsorption and desorption of hydrogen on bare and Xe-covered Cu(111)

Using polarization-modulated ellipsometry to monitor adsorbate coverage in-situ, we studied the activated adsorption of filament-heated molecular hydrogen on Cu(111) and subsequent isothermal desorption of hydrogen adatoms. The adsorption is characterized by a zeroth-order kinetic with a constant sticking probability of S₀=0.0062 up to θ=0.25, followed by a Langmuir kinetic until the saturation coverage θ_s=0.5 is reached. The desorption follows a second-order kinetic with an activation energy of 0.63 eV and a pre-exponential factor of 1×10⁹ /s. A pre-adsorbed monolayer of Xe atoms on Cu(111), with a desorption activation energy of 0.25 eV and a pre-exponential factor of 8×10¹⁴ /s, efficiently blocks the subsequent adsorption of hot molecular hydrogen, making physisorbedXe useful as templates for spatial patterning of hydrogen adatom density on Cu(111). PACS 68.43.Jk; 78.68.+m; 81.15.-z; 82.40.Np     

H_2在Ni,Pd与Cu表面的解离吸附

用EAM方法(embeded-atommethod)研究H_2在Ni,Pd与Cu的(100),(110)与(111)面上的解离吸附.首先通过拟合单个H原子在Ni,Pd与Cu不同表面上的吸附能和吸附键长,得到H与这些金属表面相互作用的EAM势,然后计算H_2在这些表面上以不同方式进行解离吸附时的活化势垒E_a,吸附热q_(ad)与吸附键长R.并给出H_2在(110)面上解离吸附的势能曲线.计算结果表明H_2的解离吸附与衬底种类、衬底表面取向及解离方式有关.H_2在Ni表面上解离时活化势垒很低,而在Cu表面解 关键词：     

分子取向对CO在Pd(111)面吸附的影响

 用基于密度泛函理论广义梯度近似下的平面波赝势方法计算了在Pd(111)晶面两种不同CO分子取向的吸附结构。计算结果表明，CO分子碳端和氧端靠近Pd(111)面的吸附能分别为-1.75，-0.28 eV，碳端吸附的结构比氧端吸附能力强。因此，分子取向影响CO在Pd(111)面上的吸附，通过控制CO的取向可能减小Pd(111)的吸附进而减弱Pd(111)面CO分子的中毒。     

The adsorption of sulphur on Pd(111) I. A LEED analysis of the (2 × 3)R30° S adsorbate structure

The adsorption of sulphur on the Pd(111) surface is studied by low energy electron diffraction (LEED). Four different adsorbate structures are identified. LEED intensity analyses are performed for the clean surface and for the ordered initial adlayer, i.e. the $\text{(}\text{3}\text{×}\text{3}\text{)}\text{R}\text{30°}\text{S}$ adsorption phase. It is found that the sulphur atoms occupy threefold-symmetric hollow sites, with a SPd chemisorption bond length of 0.222±0.003 nm.     

Site selective SiH4 adsorption on Si(111)(7 × 7) surfaces

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) was used to investigate room temperature adsorption and dissociation of SiH₄ on Si(111)(7 × 7) surfaces. The data show a pronounced site selectivity for this process. Initially the reaction involves exclusively the corner holes and the adjacent Si adatoms of the (7 × 7) reconstruction, with preferential adsorption of SiH₃ groups in the corner holes and of H atoms on one of the adjacent corner adatoms. For higher SiH₄ exposures the reactivity of the corner adatoms is significantly reduced, hydrogen adsorption occurs preferentially on the center adatoms. Deposited SiH_x groups (x = 2, 3) nucleate now in small clusters on the terraces. A higher density of these SiH_x clusters on domain boundaries or at steps indicates a higher reactivity of these defect sites.     

LEED intensities from clean and hydrogen covered Ni(100) and Pd(111) surfaces

Hydrogen adsorbs on Ni(100) and Pd(111) surfaces without the formation of additional diffraction spots in the LEED patterns. Measurements of LEED intensities revealed that adsorbed hydrogen layers cause considerable changes even in such cases where displacements of surface atoms (“reconstructive adsorption”) may be excluded. After hydrogen adsorption on Ni(100) the intensities of Bragg beams are uniformly lowered whereas the background intensity increases which is attributed to the formation of a disordered adsorbed layer. With Pd(111) adsorbed hydrogen causes a slight decrease of the background intensity and characteristic modifications of the intensity/voltage curve of the (0,0) beam, suggesting the formation of an ordered 1 × 1 structure. In the latter case energy shifts of the primary Bragg maxima were observed and are interpreted as being caused by an expansion of the layer spacing in the surface region by about 2% owing the partial dissolution of the hydrogen.     

CO and hydrogen adsorption on Pd(2 1 0)

We have studied the adsorption of CO on Pd(2 1 0) by performing density functional theory (DFT) calculations within the generalized gradient approximation. We find a relatively small corrugation in the CO adsorption energies with the two bridge sites being energetically almost degenerate. CO is furthermore known as a strong poison in heterogeneous catalysis. We have therefore also addressed the coadsorption of CO with atomic hydrogen. There is a significant inhibition of the hydrogen adsorption due to the presence of CO which is analysed in terms of the electronic structure of the adsorbate system.     

Coadsorption of gold with chlorine on CeO2 (111) surfaces: A first principles study

To investigate the effects of chlorine on the Au/ceria catalysts,the adsorption of gold or chlorine and their coadsorpiton on the stoichiometric and partially reduced CeO₂（111） surfaces are studied from the first principles.It is found that the adsorption of Au is significantly enhanced by the chlorine preadsorption on the stoichiometric CeO₂（111） surface;while on the partially reduced CeO₂（111） surface,the preadsorbed chlorine inhabits the oxygen vacancy（which is the preferred adsorption site for gold）,leading to a CeOCl phase and the dramatical weakening of the Au adsorption.Therefore,chlorine on the CeO₂（111） surface can affect the Au adsorption thus the activity of the Au/CeO₂ catalyst.