Heterogeneous adsorption and local ordering of formate on a magnetite surface
Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.3465
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Journal Article
Date Issued
2021-04-22
Sprache
English
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Volume
12
Start Page
3847
End Page
3852
Citation
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 12: 3847-3852 (2021-04-22)
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We report a novel heterogeneous adsorption mechanism of formic acid on the magnetite (111) surface. Our experimental results and density functional theory (DFT) calculations give evidence for dissociative adsorption of formic acid in quasibidentate and chelating geometries. The latter is induced by the presence of iron vacancies at the surface, making oxygen atoms accessible for hydrogen atoms from dissociated formic acid. DFT calculations predict that both adsorption geometries are energetically favorable under our experimental conditions. The calculations prove that the locally observed (√3 × √3)R 30° superstructure consists of three formate molecules in a triangular arrangement, adsorbed predominantly in a chelating geometry. The results show how defects can stabilize alternative adsorption geometries, which is a crucial ingredient for a detailed atomistic understanding of reaction barriers on magnetite and other oxide surfaces, as well as for the
stability of carboxylic acid based nanocomposite materials.
stability of carboxylic acid based nanocomposite materials.
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540: Chemie
620: Ingenieurwissenschaften
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