Chemisorption of Nitric Oxide at a Zn(0001) Surface and the Role of Water Vapour in Its Hydrogenation

Chak Tong Au*, M. W. Roberts

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Abstract

The techniques of X-ray and u. v. -photoelectron spectroscopy have been used to investigate the chemisorption of the individual molecules nitric oxide, oxygen, and water, and also of coadsorbed nitric oxide and water, at Zn(0001) surfaces. The coadsorbed water-nitric oxide adlayer was reactive below 200 K. Surface hydroxyls were formed through the activation of molecularly adsorbed water by chemisorbed oxygen generated in the dissociative chemisorption of nitric oxide. A detailed mechanism, with each surface species spectroscopically identified, is proposed for the hydrogenation of nitric oxide.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)165-181
Number of pages17
JournalProceedings of The Royal Society of London, Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Volume396
Issue number1810
Publication statusPublished - 1984

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