文摘
We combine low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-rayabsorption spectroscopy (XAS), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) with density functional theory (DFT)to reveal the structure and bonding of water-hydroxyl mixed layers adsorbed on Pt(111). We find that thestable water-hydroxyl adlayer forms a mixed phase of nearly coplanar hexamer structures resulting in (3× 3)R30 and (3 × 3) unit cells, respectively. In the asymmetric (3 × 3) structure the lateral O-O distancesalternate between long and short bond lengths similar to the chemical bonding network for OH- ions insolution. The chemical driving force behind this similarity is discussed in a molecular orbital picture.