Structure Determination of the Formate Intermediate on Cu(110) by Use of X-Ray-Absorption Fine-Structure Measurements
- 20 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 54 (20), 2250-2252
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.54.2250
Abstract
A unique assignment of both the orientation and the adsorption site of formate (HCOO) on Cu(110) has been made by analysis of near-edge and extended x-ray-absorption fine structure. The species lies with its molecular plane perpendicular to the surface, aligned along the [] directions, and on top of the copper atoms of the outermost layer; the oxygen atoms almost bridge two copper atoms with an average Cu-O bond length of 1.98±0.07 Å, essentially identical to that in bulk copper formate.
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