Open AccessPhotoemission Study of CO Adsorption on Gd
Author(s) -
Searle C.,
Blyth R. I. R.,
White R. G.,
Tucker N. P.,
Lee M. H.,
Barrett S. D.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s090904959501137x
Subject(s) - photoemission spectroscopy , adsorption , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , catalysis , angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy , inverse photoemission spectroscopy , carbonate , materials science , spectroscopy , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , photochemistry , electronic structure , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics , computational chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Angle‐resolved UV photoemission spectroscopy has been used to investigate the interaction of CO with Gd films, grown on W(110). The results suggest the CO absorbs dissociatively, initially forming Gd 2 O 3 , with subsequent catalytic oxidation of CO to form carbonate.