SURFACE-STRUCTURE AND RELAXATION AT THE PT(110) ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE/

Authors
LUCAS CA MARKOVIC NM ROSS PN
Citation
Ca. Lucas et al., SURFACE-STRUCTURE AND RELAXATION AT THE PT(110) ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE/, Physical review letters, 77(24), 1996, pp. 4922-4925
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
77
Issue
24
Year of publication
1996
Pages
4922 - 4925
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)77:24<4922:SARATP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
In situ x-ray scattering studies of the Pt(110) electrode show that a stable (1 x 2) reconstruction is present over a wide electrode potenti al range and that the topmost rows of Pt atoms are expanded into the e lectrolyte. Additional expansion occurs upon the potential-induced ads orption of hydroxyl or hydrogen atoms. The presence, and stability of the (1 x 2) reconstruction have an important influence on some of the surface reactions that can occur in electrolyte.