CO blocking of D2 dissociative adsorption on Ru(0001).
The influence of pre-adsorbed CO on the dissociative adsorption of D(2) on Ru(0001) is studied by molecular-beam techniques. We determine the initial dissociation probability of D(2) as a function of its kinetic energy for various CO pre-coverages between 0.00 and 0.67 monolayers (ML) at a surface temperature of 180 K. The results indicate that CO blocks D(2) dissociation and perturbs the local surface reactivity up to the nearest-neighbour Ru atoms. Non-activated sticking and dissociation become less important with increasing CO coverage, and vanish at theta(CO) approximately 0.33 ML. In addition, at high D(2) kinetic energy (>35 kJ mol(-1)) the site-blocking capability of CO decreases rapidly. These observations are attributed to a CO-induced activation barrier for D(2) dissociation in the vicinity of CO molecules.
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FOM Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen, Association Euratom-FOM, P.O. Box 1207, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
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Irene M N
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Gleeson
Michael A
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Stolte
Steven
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McBane
George C
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Ludo B F
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Aart W
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