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A Blyholder mechanism in the chemisorption of N 2 O on Ni(111) - studied with Auger-photoelectron coincidence spectroscopy

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Johansson, Fredrik O. L. ; Cornetta, Lucas M. ; Berggren, Elin ; Kuklin, Artem ; Weng, Yi-Chen ; Sinha, Swarnshikha ; Kuehn, Danilo ; Foehlisch, Alexander ; Agren, Hans ; Lindblad, Andreas
Número total de Autores: 10
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: Applied Surface Science; v. 666, p. 11-pg., 2024-05-30.
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In heterogeneous catalysis the surface -adsorbate bond strength is critical for the function of the system. Here we study a series consisting of multilayer, bilayer and monolayer N 2 O on Ni(111) and employ Auger -photoelectron coincidence spectroscopy (APECS) to study the interaction between the molecule and the substrate directly. We observe intensity in the nitrogen Auger spectra that arise from the interaction between molecule and surface (not observed in free molecules) whereas the oxygen spectra are thickness -independent. Since the two nitrogen atoms of N 2 O are chemically inequivalent we can assign the intensity present in the bilayer and monolayer cases to orbitals centered on the terminal nitrogen which is closest to the Ni(111) surface. Using ab initio , molecular dynamics and solid-state density functional theory calculations we infer a Blyholder model of the surface bond as consisting of donation from the terminal nitrogen lone -pair valence orbital with back -donation from the metal into the unoccupied orbitals on that nitrogen. This coincidence technique can readily be used to study substrate-adsorbate interactions directly with chemical and orbital specificity - this opens up prospects to study fundamental steps of molecular adsorption and heterogeneous catalysis with unprecedented detail. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 21/06527-7 - Quebrando a complexidade da matéria com espalhamento ressonante inelástico de raios-X: desenvolvimento teórico e computacional
Beneficiário:Lucas Medeiros Cornetta
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Pós-Doutorado
Processo FAPESP: 20/04822-9 - Quebrando a complexidade da matéria usando espalhamento inelástico ressonante de raios-x: o papel de diferentes confôrmeros e suas respectivas dinâmicas nucleares
Beneficiário:Lucas Medeiros Cornetta
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado