Structural Changes in Monolayer Cobalt Oxides under Ambient Pressure CO and O₂ Studied by In Situ Grazing-Incidence X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy.

ABSTRACT: We have used grazing incidence X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy at the cobalt K-edge to characterize monolayer CoO films on Pt(111) under ambient pressure exposure to CO and O₂, with the aim of identifying the Co phases present and their transformations under oxidizing and reducing conditions. X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra show clear changes in the chemical state of Co, with the 2+ state predominant under CO exposure and the 3+ state predominant under O₂-rich conditions. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) analysis shows that the CoO bilayer characterized in ultrahigh vacuum is not formed under the conditions used in this study. Instead, the spectra acquired at low temperatures suggest formation of cobalt hy

SUBMITTER: Gajdek D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8883796 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature