Time-resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy study of water desorption from Ag(011)
- 15 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 91 (12), 7964-7971
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.457214
Abstract
We present time‐resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) results for the desorption of submonolayer coverages of H2O and D2O from Ag(011). The measurements were performed isothermally and effectively at constant coverage. At coverages above a few percent of a monolayer, we observe that the desorption is characterized by zero‐order kinetics. That is, the desorption rate is independent of coverage. We hypothesize that this results from the formation of two‐dimensional water islands on the surface at all coverages and temperatures measured. The desorption process is governed in part by the dissociation of water from the edges of these islands. Rapid diffusion on the surface maintains a quasiequilibrium between the molecules bound to islands and isolated adsorbed water molecules, thereby leading to pseudo‐zero‐order kinetics. This result is interpreted upon general thermodynamic grounds, and also using a simple kinetic model which leads to pseudo‐zero‐order desorption kinetics. An unusual hydrogen kinetic isotope effect is reported which lends support to our interpretation.Keywords
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