Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5432541 | Carbon | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Using helium-3 atom scattering, we have studied the adsorption kinetics, the structure and the diffusional dynamics of atomic hydrogen on the surface of a graphene monolayer on Ni(111). Diffraction measurements reveal a 4° rotated rectangular hydrogen overstructure. Hydrogen adsorption and desorption exhibit activation barriers of Ea=(89±7) meV and Ed=(1.8±0.2) eV, respectively. Helium-3 spin-echo measurements showed no decay of the spatial correlation function (or intermediate scattering function) within the time range of the spectrometer. Hence, we are able to set lower limits for a possible hydrogen surface diffusion rate.
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Authors
Emanuel Bahn, Anton Tamtögl, John Ellis, William Allison, Peter Fouquet,