Photo physics and photo chemistry of ice films on graphite Department of Applied Physics Chalmers and Göteborg University Dinko Chakarov Johan Bergeld Michael Gleeson Bengt Kasemo ……………
Key words: Photon induced processes (UV - visible – IR) Water ice (amorphous, crystalline, reactions) Surfaces Graphite Spectroscopy
Experimental conditions: ° Atomically clean and ordered surfaces Ice (H2O/D2O) on HOPG (XYA) ° UHV (below torr) ° Temperature range K ° Photon fluxes (cw and pulsed) photons.s -1 ° Arc lamps + filters/monochromator and/or Nd:YAG based OPO ( nm) Experimental methods: ° HREELS ° TDS/ITS ° PID ° QCM
Ice - Optical / Electronic properties
Graphite: Electronic/Optical Properties electronic configuration: 2-4 or 1s 2 2s 2 2p 2 Photon Energy (eV) Extinction coefficient
J. Chem. Phys. 106 (3), 982, 1997 PHOTO DESORPTION OF ALKALI ATOMS Graphite
Phenomena/Examples: Photoinduced structural changes in amorphous ice Photoejection of water molecules from amorphous ice Photoreactions: H 2 O & coadsorbates on graphite
HREELS; energetics orientation ITD; structre coverages TPD; binding energy lateral interactions (UHV and Low Temperatures)
Structure of Ice (I c and I h) Hydrogen bonding: Ideal ice structures obey the so-called Bernal-Fowler rules: each hydrogen atom (or proton) is situated on the line joining each pair of oxygens; each oxygen atom has two hydrogen atoms attached to it at distances of about 1Å, thereby forming a water molecule H 2 O.
Photoinduced crystallization Experimental observations
Re-crystallization Mechanism PRL, 81, 5181 (1999)
Defects annealing
Structural changes of ice films
Importance and Consequences Balance between adsorbed and gas phase water Reactivity of the ice surface
Photoreactions with ice; investigated systems: Substrates: Graphite, Si(001), Pt(111), … Coadsorbates: Metal ions and clusters: Na, K, Cs, Ag, Au Simple molecules: CO, NO, H 2 S Observed products: H 2, CO, CO 2, CH 4, NH 3, …
AM-stabilized H 2 O : TPD
Photoreactions of water and carbon at 90 K J. Chem. Phys. 115 (20) 2001 Carbon/Graphite - C - O - H
Irradiation: 355 nm / 5.3 mJ (10x10 sec exposures) NO desorption Time (sec) NO exposure ~12 L Ag coverage 0,0 ML 0,3 ML 1,3 ML 2,2 ML Photo-desorption as a function of Ag coverage
Summary: Photoinduced structural changes in amorphous ice Photoejection of water molecules from amorphous ice Photoreactions: H 2 O & coadsorbates on graphite Demonstrate the richness of the processes and phenomena; Knowing the conditions is possible to identify the predominant process.