Pressure Dependence ( <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>10</mn><mn></mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span>–700 Torr) of the Vibrational Spectra of Adsorbed CO on Pt(111) Studied by Sum Frequency Generation

Xingcai Su; Paul S. Cremer; Y. Ron Shen; Gabor A. Somorjai

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3858

Pressure Dependence ( $10^{- 10}$ –700 Torr) of the Vibrational Spectra of Adsorbed CO on Pt(111) Studied by Sum Frequency Generation

Xingcai Su, Paul S. Cremer, Y. Ron Shen, and Gabor A. Somorjai

Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3858 – Published 28 October 1996

Abstract

The vibrational spectrum of CO on Pt(111) was monitored over 13 orders of magnitude in CO pressure by using infrared-visible sum frequency generation. Surprising results at high pressures indicate a pressure-induced major reorganization of CO on Pt(111). At low pressures ( $10^{- 10} - 10^{- 1} Torr$ ) CO bonds at atop and bridge sites, but above 10 Torr new features appear, and by 700 Torr they dominate the spectrum. They suggest the presence of an incommensurate CO overlayer together with some terminally bound CO at atop defect sites.

Received 21 May 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3858

Authors & Affiliations

Xingcai Su^1,3, Paul S. Cremer^1,3, Y. Ron Shen^2,3, and Gabor A. Somorjai^1,3

¹Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
²Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
³Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720