Abstract
Presented are thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) and adsorption probability measurements of iso-butane on the Zn-terminated surface of ZnO. The initial adsorption probability, S 0, decreases linearly from 0.57 to 0.22 (±0.02) with impact energy, E i = 0.74–1.92 eV, and is independent of adsorption temperature, T s = 91–114 K (±5 K), indicating non-activated molecular adsorption. The coverage, Θ, dependent adsorption probabilities, S( Θ), show a cross-over from adsorbate-assisted adsorption ( S increases with Θ) to Kisliuk-like dynamics at about the desorption temperature of iso-butane bi-layers (∼110 K). Thus, the adsorption dynamics are precursor-mediated. The enhanced (gas-surface) mass-match, caused by forming a second layer of the alkane, leads to adsorbate-assisted adsorption. A direct fitting procedure of the TDS data yields a pre-exponential factor of 2.5 × 10 13/s and a coverage dependent heat of adsorption of E d( Θ) = 39 − 6 ∗ Θ + 2.5 ∗ exp(− Θ/0.07) kJ/mol.
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