Issue 13, 2015

Long-range influence of steps on water adsorption on clean and D-covered Pt surfaces

Abstract

We have examined water desorption from Pt(111) terraces of varying width and its dependence on precoverage by deuterium (D) with temperature programmed desorption studies. We observe distinct water desorption from (100) steps and (111) terraces, with steps providing adsorption sites with a higher binding energy than terraces. Preadsorption of D at the steps causes annihilation of water stabilization at the steps, while it also causes an initial stabilization of water on the (111) terraces. When the (111) terraces also become precovered with D, this water stabilization trend reverses on all surfaces. Destabilization continues for stepped surfaces containing up to 8-atom wide (111) terraces with a (100) step type and these become hydrophobic, in contrast to surfaces with a (110) step type and with the infinite (111) terrace. Our results illustrate how surface defects and a delicate balance between intermolecular forces and the adsorption energy govern hydrophobic vs. hydrophilic behavior, and that the influence of steps on the adsorption of water on nano-structured platinum surfaces has a very long-ranged character.

Graphical abstract: Long-range influence of steps on water adsorption on clean and D-covered Pt surfaces

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Jul 2014
Accepted
22 Sep 2014
First published
25 Sep 2014

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 8530-8537

Author version available

Long-range influence of steps on water adsorption on clean and D-covered Pt surfaces

A. den Dunnen, M. J. T. C. van der Niet, C. Badan, M. T. M. Koper and L. B. F. Juurlink, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 8530 DOI: 10.1039/C4CP03165B

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