title: Alkali-promoted CO dissociation on Cu(111) and Ni(111) at room temperature.
abstract: The coadsorption of alkalis (K, Na) and CO on Cu(111) was investigated by high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. Measurements performed at room temperature showed that CO adsorption is partially dissociative on a potassium-precovered Cu(111) surface and fully dissociative for Na/Cu(111). Carbon monoxide molecules occupy adsorption sites directly adjacent to those of alkali adatoms, as suggested by the absence of a threshold alkali precoverage for CO dissociation. On the contrary, for alkali+CO/Ni(111) a threshold alkali precoverage for CO dissociation was found to exist.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita degli Studi della Calabria, Rende, Cosenza 87036, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Politano
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Formoso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chiarello