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dc.contributor.authorPedersen, D.
dc.contributor.authorRayner, D.
dc.contributor.authorSimard, B.
dc.contributor.authorAddicoat, M.
dc.contributor.authorBuntine, Mark
dc.contributor.authorMetha, G.
dc.contributor.authorFielicke, A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:56:55Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:56:55Z
dc.date.created2012-12-03T07:24:54Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.citationPedersen, David B. and Rayner, David M. and Simard, Benoit and Addicoat, Magdalene A. and Buntine, Mark A. and Metha, Gregory F. and Fielicke, André. 2004. Photoionization of Nb3CO and Nb3(CO)2: Is CO molecularly or dissociatively adsorbed on niobium? Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108 (6): pp. 964-970.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27101
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/jp036041
dc.description.abstract

The photoionization efficiency spectra of gas-phase Nb3CO and Nb3(CO)2 have been acquired using a laser-ablation, photoionization mass spectrometer. The adiabatic ionization energies of the species are 5.82 ± 0.02 and 5.85 ± 0.02 eV, respectively, where error bars reflect precision; the values are accurate to within 0.1 eV. From these data and literature values of cation bond strengths, the bond energies of Nb3−CO and Nb3CO−CO are found to lie within the 2.8−3.4 and 1.7−1.8 eV ranges, respectively. The former is most consistent with dissociatively adsorbed CO, while the latter may correspond to molecularly or dissociatively adsorbed CO. These conclusions are supported by density-functional theory calculations. In addition to properties of Nb3CO, the properties of the transition state to dissociative adsorption of CO have been calculated. It is found that the transition state lies lower in energy than the separated reagents. Spontaneous dissociation is expected to follow molecular adsorption of CO on Nb3, accordingly. Over the 1540−2220 cm-1 range, no infrared multiphoton dissociation of Nb3CO or Nb3(CO)2 is observed, consistent with CO being dissociatively adsorbed for both species.

dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society
dc.titlePhotoionization of Nb3CO and Nb3(CO)2: Is CO molecularly or dissociatively adsorbed on niobium?
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume108
dcterms.source.number6
dcterms.source.startPage964
dcterms.source.endPage970
dcterms.source.issn10895639
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Physical Chemistry A
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