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Ethene to Graphene: Surface Catalyzed Chemical Pathways, Intermediates, and Assembly

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Diverse technologies from catalyst coking to graphene synthesis entail hydrocarbon dehydrogenation and condensation reactions on metals and assembly into carbon overlayers. Imperative to gaining control over these processes, through thermal… Click to show full abstract

Diverse technologies from catalyst coking to graphene synthesis entail hydrocarbon dehydrogenation and condensation reactions on metals and assembly into carbon overlayers. Imperative to gaining control over these processes, through thermal steering of the formation of polyaryl intermediates and the controlled prevention of coking, is the exploration and elucidation of the detailed reaction scheme that starts with adsorbed hydrocarbons and culminates with the formation of extended graphene. Here we use scanning tunneling microscopy, high-resolution electron energy loss and thermal desorption spectroscopies, in combination with theoretical simulations to uncover the hierarchy of pathways and intermediates underlying the catalyzed evolution of ethene adsorbed on Rh(111) to form graphene. These investigations allow formulation of a reaction scheme whereby, upon heating, adsorbed ethene evolves via coupling reactions to form segmented one-dimensional polyaromatic hydrocarbons (1D-PAH). Further heating leads t...

Keywords: surface catalyzed; pathways intermediates; graphene; catalyzed chemical; graphene surface; ethene graphene

Journal Title: Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Year Published: 2017

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