The Role of Surface Defects in the Adsorption and Desorption of Hydrogen on Ni(111)

Klaus Rendulic, Adolf Winkler, Hans-Peter Steinrück

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Abstract

On a smooth Ni(111) surface both the β1 and the β2 state show activated adsorption. The desorption flux is highly peaked towards the surface normal. Defects introduce non-activated adsorption sites which lower the desorption temperatures in flash desorption. At the same time a cosine dependence of the desorption flux is obtained. Because of its small sticking coefficient the β1 state is already influenced by small defect concentrations; the β2 state is only affected on highly defective surfaces.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)469-478
JournalSurface Science
Volume185
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1987

Treatment code (Nähere Zuordnung)

  • Basic - Fundamental (Grundlagenforschung)
  • Experimental

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