Physisorbed, chemisorbed and dissociated O2 on Pt(111) studied by different core level spectroscopy methods

Abstract For O 2 Pt (111) we have found four different adsorption phases which are formed at different substrate temperatures. At about 25 K the oxygen molecules physisorb on the surface. Two chemisorbed phases are observed at 90 and 135 K, respectively. An atomic phase, characterized by a sharp (2 × 2) LEED pattern, exists at a temperature above 150 K. Different spectroscopic techniques have been used to characterize the four different adsorption states: XPS studies of adsorbate and surface core level shifts, UPS, NEXAFS, autoionization and Auger spectroscopy. We conclude that oxygen adsorbs in two different molecular chemisorbed states which can be considered to be precursors for the thermally activated atomization process. The first of these molecular states is weakly chemisorbed at 90 K. It is adsorbed in a hollow site with a saturation coverage of 0.23 (molecules per Pt surface atom). We have identified this phase as a superoxo-like configuration. The second phase is more strongly bonded to the Pt substrate. It is characterized by a longer and weaker molecular σ bonding due to more charge transfer from the metallic substrate to the antibonding molecular 1 π g orbitals than for the first chemisorbed phase. With a coverage of 0.15 the oxygen molecules seem to be adsorbed in hollow or hollow-bridge sites. We have characterized this phase as a peroxo-like configuration of the oxygen molecule. For atomic oxygen on platinum we have found a coverage of 0.25 (oxygen atoms per Pt surface atom) and a threefold adsorption site, in agreement with previous studies. We discuss the XAS results according to a model for the density of states induced by the hybridization of the 2p atomic orbitals with the 6sp states and 5d band of the metal.

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