Lattice-Gas Models of Adsorption in the Double Layer
Abstract
The theory of statistical-mechanical lattice-gas modeling of adsorption is reviewed and shown to be applicable to a range of electrochemical problems dominated by effective, lateral adsorbate--adsorbate interactions. A general strategy for applying the method to specific systems is outlined, which includes microscopic model formulation, calculation of zero-temperature phase diagrams, numerical calculation of thermodynamical and structural quantities at nonzero temperatures, and estimation of effective, lateral interaction energies that cannot be obtained by first-principles methods. Phenomena that are discussed include poisoning and enhanced adsorption, and illustrative applications to specific systems are reviewed. Particular problems considered are: the poisoning by sulfur of hydrogen adsorption on platinum (111), the electrochemical adsorption of naphthalene on polycrystalline copper and of urea on single-crystal platinum (100), and the underpotential deposition of copper on single-crystal gold (111).
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9506025,
title = {Lattice-Gas Models of Adsorption in the Double Layer},
author = {P. A. Rikvold and J. Zhang and Y. -E. Sung and A. Wieckowski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9506025},
year = {2007}
}
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24 pages LaTex, 8 uuencoded Postscript figs in separate file