Oxide-free oxygen incorporation into Ru(0001) |
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Authors: | Blume Raoul Niehus Horst Conrad Horst Böttcher Artur |
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Institution: | Institut für Physik der Humboldt-Universit?t, Invalidenstr. 110, 10115 Berlin, Germany. |
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Abstract: | A smooth Ru(0001) surface prepared under ultra-high vacuum conditions has been loaded with oxygen under high-pressure (p approximately 1 bar) and low-temperature (T < 600 K) conditions. Oxygen phases created in this way have been investigated by means of thermal desorption spectroscopy, low-energy electron diffraction, and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. The exposure procedures applied lead to oxygen incorporation into the subsurface region without creation of RuO2 domains. For oxygen exposures ranging from 10(11) to 10(14) L oxygen contents up to about 4 monolayer equivalent could be achieved. The oxygen incorporation is thermally activated. The CO oxidation reaction conducted at mild temperatures (T < 500 K) at a sample loaded with subsurface oxygen reaches CO --> CO2 conversion probabilities of 10(-3). |
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