CHAPTER 15: Electronic Structure and Bonding of Water to Noble Metal Surfaces
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Published:02 Oct 2013
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Special Collection: 2013 ebook collection , ECCC Environmental eBooks 1968-2022 , 2011-2015 organic chemistry subject collectionSeries: Energy and Environment
H. Ogasawara and A. Nilsson, in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Materials, Processes and Architectures, ed. H. Lewerenz and L. Peter, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013, pp. 406-418.
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The nature of the contact layer of water on surfaces is of relevance for many practical fields. Here we focus on the geometric and electronic structure of the water contact layer on transition metal surfaces and the interaction between the water monolayer and the surface. Using synchrotron radiation-based x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and x-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) techniques we obtain element-specific information on the density of states, local atomic structure, geometrical parameters and molecular orientation, allowing general principles for water-metal interaction to be derived.
