HREELS studies of ethylene oxide interaction with Pd(110) Academic Article

abstract

• Ethylene oxide (EO) adsorption and reaction on Pd(110) was investigated with high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS). The HREEL spectrum following EO adsorption on Pd(110) at 120 K indicated molecular adsorption of EO, with the molecular ring plane tilted away from the surface normal. The suggestion of the complete absence of any symmetry of the metal-adsorbate complex in the present study was based on the observation for adsorbed EO of vibrations which are infra-red forbidden for gaseous EO with C2v symmetry. Further results from temperature programmed HREELS studies indicated that adsorbed EO underwent a ring opening reaction above 200 K, ultimately producing CO and methylene species on the metal surface. 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.

authors

• Barteau, Mark

published proceedings

• SURFACE SCIENCE

author list (cited authors)

• Shekhar, R., Barteau, M. A., Plank, P. V., & Vohs, J. M.

citation count

• 18

complete list of authors

• Shekhar, R||Barteau, MA||Plank, PV||Vohs, JM

publication date

• July 1997

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

keywords

• Chemisorption
• Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
• Epoxides
• Low Index Single Crystal Surfaces
• Palladium
• Single Crystal Surfaces
• Surface Chemical Reaction
• Vibration Of Adsorbed Molecules

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/S0039-6028(97)00253-7

start page

• L815

end page

• L822

volume

• 384

issue

• 1-3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0039-6028(97)00253-7