M. Futamata, Coadsorption of anions and water molecule during underpotential depositionof Cu and Ph on the Au (111) electrode surface, CHEM P LETT, 333(5), 2001, pp. 337-343
Coadsorption of water and anions and IR background shift were observed duri
ng the underpotential deposition of Cu on Au (111)in H2SO4 and in HClO4 sol
utions using attenuated total reflection-infrared spectroscopy. Phase trans
ition of the deposited Cu structures was confirmed by significant frequency
shift of the n(S-O) mode from SO43-. Delayed ordering of water to SO43- wa
s found. Only LR background shift was observed for the Pb-UPD process due t
o an inherently weak interation between Pb and anions. It was rationalized
by the effective medium theory assuming a slight change in dielectric const
ant of the absorbate layer upon chemisorption. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.
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