Abstract

The activation barrier for subsurface migration of surface hydrogen atoms on (111) facets of palladium nanoparticles drastically decreases or even vanishes in the presence of subsurface carbon atoms deposited nearby (see energy diagram). On regular Pd(111) surfaces, this promoting effect is essentially absent because of the hindered lateral mobility of the surface metal atoms.

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