Water Dissociation on Ru(001): An Activated Process
- 3 November 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 93 (19), 196101
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.93.196101
Abstract
It is shown using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy that water is adsorbed either nondissociatively or partially dissociatively on Ru(001) under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. We found an activated dissociation process with a barrier slightly larger than that of desorption. A difference in dissociation barriers is found between and that explains the anomalous isotope effects in the thermal desorption. Previous theoretical and experimental disagreements can be rationalized based on electron or x-ray beam-induced dissociation of the water overlayer and an earlier underestimation of the dissociation barrier.
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