Competing ternary surface reaction CO + O<sub>2</sub> +H<sub>2</sub> on Ir(111)

dc.coverageDOI: 10.1098/rspa.2019.0712
dc.creatorRohe, Kevin
dc.creatorCisternas, Jaime
dc.creatorWehner, Stefan
dc.date2020
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-05T21:11:21Z
dc.date.available2026-01-05T21:11:21Z
dc.description<p>The CO oxidation on platinum-group metals under ultra-high-vacuum conditions is one of the most studied surface reactions. However, the presence of disturbing species and competing reactions are often neglected.One of the most interesting additional gases to be treated is hydrogen, due to its importance in technical applications and its inevitability under vacuum conditions. Adding hydrogen to the reaction of CO and O<sub>2</sub> leads to more adsorbed species and competing reaction steps towards water formation. In this study, a model for approaching the competing surface reactions CO + O<sub>2</sub> + H<sub>2</sub> is presented and discussed. Using the framework of bifurcation theory, we show how the steady states of the extended system correspond to a swallowtail catastrophe set with a tristable regime within the swallowtail. We explore numerically the possibility of reaching all stable states and illustrate the experimental challenges such a system could pose. Lastly, an approximative firstprinciple approach to diffusion illustrates how up to three stable states balance each other while forming heterogeneous patterns.</p>eng
dc.descriptionThe CO oxidation on platinum-group metals under ultra-high-vacuum conditions is one of the most studied surface reactions. However, the presence of disturbing species and competing reactions are often neglected.One of the most interesting additional gases to be treated is hydrogen, due to its importance in technical applications and its inevitability under vacuum conditions. Adding hydrogen to the reaction of CO and O2 leads to more adsorbed species and competing reaction steps towards water formation. In this study, a model for approaching the competing surface reactions CO + O2 + H2 is presented and discussed. Using the framework of bifurcation theory, we show how the steady states of the extended system correspond to a swallowtail catastrophe set with a tristable regime within the swallowtail. We explore numerically the possibility of reaching all stable states and illustrate the experimental challenges such a system could pose. Lastly, an approximative firstprinciple approach to diffusion illustrates how up to three stable states balance each other while forming heterogeneous patterns.spa
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/5cc3f9d0-487d-4b46-9681-b7aab4c11316
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uandes.cl/handle/uandes/64766
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourcevol.476 (2020) date: 2020-04-01 nr.2236
dc.subjectCompetitive surface reaction
dc.subjectIr(111)
dc.subjectLangmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism
dc.subjectReaction-diffusion system
dc.subjectSwallowtail catastrophe
dc.subjectTristability
dc.subjectCompetitive surface reaction
dc.subjectIr(111)
dc.subjectLangmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism
dc.subjectReaction-diffusion system
dc.subjectSwallowtail catastrophe
dc.subjectTristability
dc.titleCompeting ternary surface reaction CO + O<sub>2</sub> +H<sub>2</sub> on Ir(111)eng
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeArtículospa
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