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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Martinez F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8503880 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Garcia-Martinez Fernando F Dietze Elisabeth E Schiller Frederik F Gajdek Dorotea D Merte Lindsay R LR Gericke Sabrina M SM Zetterberg Johan J Albertin Stefano S Lundgren Edvin E Grönbeck Henrik H Ortega J Enrique JE
The journal of physical chemistry letters 20210924 39
Steps at metal surfaces may influence energetics and kinetics of catalytic reactions in unexpected ways. Here, we report a significant reduction of the CO saturation coverage in Pd vicinal surfaces, which in turn is relevant for the light-off of the CO oxidation reaction. The study is based on a systematic investigation of CO adsorption on vicinal Pd(111) surfaces making use of a curved Pd crystal. A combined X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and DFT analysis allows us to demonstrate that an enti ...[more]