High resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of styrene oxide adsorption and reaction on Ag(111) Academic Article

abstract

• Synchrotron-based X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has been used to investigate the adsorption and reaction of styrene oxide on Ag(111). When adsorption is carried out at 250 K or above, ring opening of styrene oxide forms a stable surface oxametallacycle intermediate which eventually reacts at 485 K to regenerate styrene oxide. High resolution XPS is capable of distinguishing the oxametallacycle from molecularly adsorbed and condensed styrene oxide on the basis of different C1s peak separations. The observed separations are well accounted for by the results of DFT calculations. 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

authors

• Barteau, Mark

published proceedings

• SURFACE SCIENCE

author list (cited authors)

• Piao, H., Enever, M., Adib, K., Hrbek, J., & Barteau, M. A.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Piao, H||Enever, MCN||Adib, K||Hrbek, J||Barteau, MA

publication date

• November 2004

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Surface Science  Journal

keywords

• Aromatics
• Density Functional Calculations
• Silver
• X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.susc.2004.08.007

start page

• 139

end page

• 145

volume

• 571

issue

• 1-3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2004.08.007