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Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.109, No.3, 869-872, 1998
Low temperature CO oxidation triggered by the gas-phase D atom incident on Pt(111) covered with O-2 and CO
Exposing an O-2-saturated Pt(lll) surface at 85 K to a beam of D atom leads to desorption of O-2 and D2O. A series of post D-exposure thermal desorption spectra shows that D2O is produced by consecutive D-addition reactions via adsorbed OD intermediate,i.e., O-2(ad)-->O-D(ad)+ OD(ad)-->(D2O)-D-D(ad) +D2O(g). When CO is coadsorbed with O-2 On Pt(lll) at 85 K, the incident D atom also induces prompt desorption of CO2 but not CO. We propose that CO is oxidized by the nascent hot O* and OD* formed in a highly exothermic initiation reaction D(g)+O-2(ad)-->DO2not equal-->O(ad) + OD(ad) with an energy release of :similar to-4.6 eV before they become accommodated to the surface. Possible mechanisms for O-2 desorption are also briefly discussed.
Keywords:MOLECULAR-BEAM;CATALYTIC-OXIDATION;SURFACE;OXYGEN;DESORPTION;PLATINUM;DYNAMICS;WATER;IDENTIFICATION;PHOTOCHEMISTRY