Surface structure and the instability of the formate overlayer at a Pb(110) surface

Afsin B., Roberts M.

Catalysis Letters, vol.13, no.3, pp.277-282, 1992 (Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1992
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/bf00771000
  • Journal Name: Catalysis Letters
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.277-282
  • Keywords: activation by oxygen, electron energy loss spectroscopy, formic acid, lead, Photoelectron spectroscopy
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A combination of photoelectron and vibrational spectroscopies has established that a high energy formate species generated at a Pb(110)-surface is tilted with respect to the surface normal and decomposes spontaneously through H-bonding interactions with HCOOH(g) at 295 K. © 1992 J.C. Baltzer AG, Scientific Publishing Company.