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Site conversion of CO on Ni(100): binding-energy difference and role of low-energy hindered vibrations

✍ Scribed by J. Yoshinobu; N. Takagi; M. Kawai


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
405 KB
Volume
211
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-2614

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✦ Synopsis


The site conversion ofadsorbed CO between the terminal site and the bridged site on Ni ( 100) was studied by means of infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy. The temperature dependence of the relative occupation for two sites was measured from 80 to 220 K in detail, where the binding-energy difference was determined to be 1 I meV. Predominant occupation of the terminal site at higher temperatures is due to the thermal excitation of the low-energy degenerate hindered translational mode of the terminal CO.