The chemical reactivity of single layers of supported graphene (G) is affected by the nature of the underlying substrate: in particular CO chemisorption occurs on G/Ni(111), while graphene on Cu is inert. Here, we demonstrate experimentally that doping of the G layer with nitrogen atoms further increases the reactivity of the G/Ni(111) system towards CO. The doped layer is obtained by sputtering pristine G/Ni(111) with N2+ ions. For an ∼11% dopant concentration, an additional electron energy loss at 238 meV appears in the HREEL spectra besides the loss around 256 meV present also on pristine G/Ni(111). The new feature corresponds to a CO species with a higher desorption temperature and, consequently, a higher adsorption energy than the one forming on pristine G/Ni(111). At low coverage, the adsorption energy is estimated to be ∼ 0.85 eV/molecule.

Chemisorption of CO on N-doped Graphene on Ni(111)

Celasco, Edvige;Bracco, Gianangelo;Rocca, Mario;Vattuone, Luca
2018-01-01

Abstract

The chemical reactivity of single layers of supported graphene (G) is affected by the nature of the underlying substrate: in particular CO chemisorption occurs on G/Ni(111), while graphene on Cu is inert. Here, we demonstrate experimentally that doping of the G layer with nitrogen atoms further increases the reactivity of the G/Ni(111) system towards CO. The doped layer is obtained by sputtering pristine G/Ni(111) with N2+ ions. For an ∼11% dopant concentration, an additional electron energy loss at 238 meV appears in the HREEL spectra besides the loss around 256 meV present also on pristine G/Ni(111). The new feature corresponds to a CO species with a higher desorption temperature and, consequently, a higher adsorption energy than the one forming on pristine G/Ni(111). At low coverage, the adsorption energy is estimated to be ∼ 0.85 eV/molecule.
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