Summary Abstract: Chemisorption of water on Rh(111)

Abstract

The chemisorption of H2O on the (111) surface of Rh has been studied by thermal desorption mass spectrometry and low-energy electron diffraction. In addition to the clean surface, the chemisorptive behavior of H2O has been examined when various coverages of oxygen, hydrogen, or carbon monoxide have been pre-adsorbed on the surface in the form of atomic oxygen, atomic hydrogen, and molecular CO.