A combined XPS-UPS-EELS study of nitrogen adsorbed on clean and barium-promoted iron surfaces: The nature of the precursor to dissociation

Rao, CNR and Ranga Rao, G and Pabhakaran, KP (1987) A combined XPS-UPS-EELS study of nitrogen adsorbed on clean and barium-promoted iron surfaces: The nature of the precursor to dissociation. In: Chemical Physics Letters, 134 (1). pp. 47-50.

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Abstract

For N2 on a clean Fe surface, the adsorbed precursor in a parallel orientation becomes predominant around 110 K, while at lower temperatures it coexists with a weakly adsorbed species. On a Ba-promoted Fe surface, however, N2 is present exclusively in the precursor state in the temperature range 80–150 K following moderate exposure. Besides exhibiting a low N-N stretching frequency of 1530 cm−1, the precursor shows a clear separation between the 5σ and 1π levels in the UPS; the precursor dissociates to give a nitridic species around 160 K.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2009 03:46
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:38
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/21557

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