Formation of superoxide ions upon oxygen adsorption on magnesium-doped magnesium oxide: An EPR investigation
✍ Scribed by E. Giamello; D. Murphy; E. Garrone; A. Zecchina
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 453 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-1425
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✦ Synopsis
Oxygen adsorption on the surface of MgO, previously submitted to magnesium metal vapour, gives rise to the formation of at least five distinct species of adsorbed superoxide (O~) characterized by different g~z values. Besides species previously observed on MgO, where O/-is generated by other methods, two new species are observed, having gzz = 2.091 and gzz = 2.064 respectively. The latter species is tightly bound to the surface and is assigned to 02 adsorbed on top of an array of five Mg 2+ ions exposed because of the presence of an anion vacancy. The former is assigned to 02 weakly adsorbed on top of a five-coordinated Mg 2+ ion at the (100) planar face of the oxide. This species differs from the other species present at the surface in that it is mobile and, as the temperature is raised from 77 to 298 K, exhibits rotation around the axis perpendicular to the surface. Spectra obtained by employing 170-enriched 02 indicate that both superoxide species are symmetrically adsorbed on the surface. Z M × ÷ Scheme 1. Axes of the superoxide ion, Of, on the M x+ centre.