Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical, Vol.158, No.1, 395-398, 2000
Effect of NO on D-2 adsorption on the Pt(100)-(hex) surface
The influence of NO on the adsorption of D-2 on the Pt(100)-(hex) surface was studied by means of temperature-programmed reaction (TPR). Deuterium adsorbs negligibly on Pt(100)-(hex) at T = 270 K, whereas an addition of a small amount of NO to D-2 increases drastically the adsorption capacity of Pt(100)-(hex) towards deuterium. The same phenomenon was observed on the surface pre-covered with NOads as well. As the NOads pre-coverage increases, the uptake of D-ads first increases, then reaches a maximum at theta(NO) approximate to 0.25 ML, and finally falls down to zero for the NOads saturated layer. The following explanation is supposed. Upon adsorption on the Pt(100)-(hex) surface, NO lifts the (hex) reconstruction and forms the dense NOads/(1 x 1) islands surrounded by the clean (hex) surface. A limited area of the (hex) phase, which is immediately adjacent to the boundaries of the NOads/(1 x 1) islands, is supposed to be distorted and could be able to adsorb deuterium.