TY - JOUR
T1 - Adsorption and thermal reaction of short-chain alcohols on Ge(100)
AU - Lin, Tsung Hsiang
AU - Lin, Bo Yu
AU - Hao, Ting
AU - Chien, Hsiu Yun
AU - Wang, Jeng Han
AU - Hung, Wei Hsiu
PY - 2013/2/14
Y1 - 2013/2/14
N2 - The adsorption and thermal decomposition of alcohols (CH3OH, C2H5OH, and C4H9OH) on Ge(100) were investigated with temperature-programmed desorption and X-ray photoelectron spectra. At 105 K, CH3OH adsorbs both molecularly and dissociatively on Ge(100). Chemisorbed CH3OH molecules dissociate to form surface CH3O and hydrogen in a temperature range 150-300 K. Surface CH 3O can dehydrogenate to yield CH2O as two desorption features, which depend on coverage. At small coverage, surface CH3O undergoes mainly α-hydrogen elimination to desorb CH2O at 490 K. At large coverage, another desorption of CH2O occurs predominantly at 525 K, which is initiated by a recombinative desorption of CH3OH. A calculation with density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-311+G** level shows that the dissociation of the O-H bond has a much smaller barrier (<40 kJ/mol) than those for C-O bond cleavage (>150 kJ/mol). Desorption of CH2O results from the moderate barriers (∼110 kJ/mol) for cleavage of the C-H bond of surface CH3O and weak adsorption energy of CH2O (-56 kJ/mol). The recombination of surface CH3O with H occurs at large coverage with an energy barrier 127-140 kJ/mol. Similarly to CH3OH, C2H5OH and C4H 9OH undergo the mechanism of thermal reactions through formation of alkoxyl intermediates. The longer-chain alkoxyl decomposes to desorb aldehyde at lower temperature because the interaction of its alkoxyl chain with the surface is stronger. On annealing to ∼570 K, all alkoxyl groups are completely removed from the surface via dehydrogenation and recombination to desorb aldehyde and alcohol, respectively. At a large coverage, the longer-chain alkoxyl undergoes dehydrogenation to a larger extent than recombinative desorption.
AB - The adsorption and thermal decomposition of alcohols (CH3OH, C2H5OH, and C4H9OH) on Ge(100) were investigated with temperature-programmed desorption and X-ray photoelectron spectra. At 105 K, CH3OH adsorbs both molecularly and dissociatively on Ge(100). Chemisorbed CH3OH molecules dissociate to form surface CH3O and hydrogen in a temperature range 150-300 K. Surface CH 3O can dehydrogenate to yield CH2O as two desorption features, which depend on coverage. At small coverage, surface CH3O undergoes mainly α-hydrogen elimination to desorb CH2O at 490 K. At large coverage, another desorption of CH2O occurs predominantly at 525 K, which is initiated by a recombinative desorption of CH3OH. A calculation with density functional theory at the B3LYP/6-311+G** level shows that the dissociation of the O-H bond has a much smaller barrier (<40 kJ/mol) than those for C-O bond cleavage (>150 kJ/mol). Desorption of CH2O results from the moderate barriers (∼110 kJ/mol) for cleavage of the C-H bond of surface CH3O and weak adsorption energy of CH2O (-56 kJ/mol). The recombination of surface CH3O with H occurs at large coverage with an energy barrier 127-140 kJ/mol. Similarly to CH3OH, C2H5OH and C4H 9OH undergo the mechanism of thermal reactions through formation of alkoxyl intermediates. The longer-chain alkoxyl decomposes to desorb aldehyde at lower temperature because the interaction of its alkoxyl chain with the surface is stronger. On annealing to ∼570 K, all alkoxyl groups are completely removed from the surface via dehydrogenation and recombination to desorb aldehyde and alcohol, respectively. At a large coverage, the longer-chain alkoxyl undergoes dehydrogenation to a larger extent than recombinative desorption.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp308990x
DO - 10.1021/jp308990x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84873940895
VL - 117
SP - 2760
EP - 2768
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry C
SN - 1932-7447
IS - 6
ER -