Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9594492 | Surface Science | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Reflection-absorption infrared spectra of CO adsorbed on the surface of thin MgO(0Â 0Â 1) films are reported in the temperature range 30-90Â K. The observed bands are identical with those reported earlier for MgO single crystals and powder samples. By selective population of low-coordinated (LC) sites and from the analysis of respective TPD spectra a desorption energy for LC sites of â¼25Â kJÂ molâ1 was derived, in perfect agreement with recent findings on MgO powders. Experiments with 12CO/13CO give evidence for substantial infrared intensity transfer between neighboring CO oscillators and the formation of adsorbate complexes containing more than one CO molecule on low-coordinated sites.
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Authors
Martin Sterrer, Thomas Risse, Hans-Joachim Freund,