Structure and stability of a high-coverage (1x1) oxygen phase on Ru(0001)

Details Structure and stability of a high-coverage (1x1) oxygen phase on Ru(0001) Structure and stability of a high-coverage (1x1) oxygen phase on Ru(0001)

1996-07-30

arxiv.org/abs/mtrl-th/9607014v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

RevTeX, 6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3371

The formation of chemisorbed O-phases on Ru(0001) by exposure to O_2 at low pressures is apparently limited to coverages Theta <= 0.5. Using low-energy electron diffraction and density functional theory we show that this restriction is caused by kinetic hindering and that a dense O overlayer (Theta = 1) can be formed with a (1x1) periodicity. The structural and energetic properties of this new adsorbate phase are analyzed and discussed in view of attempts to bridge the so-called "pressure gap" in heterogeneous catalysis. It is argued that the identified system actuates the unusually high rate of oxidizing reactions at Ru surfaces under high oxygen pressure conditions.

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