Structure and reactions of carbon and hydrogen on Ru(0001): A scanning tunneling microscopy study

Tomoko K. Shimizu; Aitor Mugarza; Jorge I. Cerdá; Miquel Salmeron

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Structure and reactions of carbon and hydrogen on Ru(0001): A scanning tunneling microscopy study

Tomoko K. Shimizu, Aitor Mugarza, Jorge I. Cerdá, Miquel Salmeron

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The interaction between carbon and hydrogen atoms on a Ru(0001) surface was studied using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), density functional theory (DFT) and STM image calculations. Formation of CH species by reaction between adsorbed H and C was observed to occur readily at 100 K. When the coverage of H increased new complexes of the form of CH+nH (n=1, 2, and 3) were observed. These complexes, never observed before, might be precursors for further hydrogenation reactions. DFT analysis reveals that a considerable energy barrier exists for the CH+H→ CH₂ reaction.

Original language	English
Article number	244103
Journal	Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume	129
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2991434
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

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