Mechanisms for the near-UV photodissociation of CH3I on D2O/Cu(110).

J Chem Phys

Physics Department, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, British Columbia V2N 4Z9, Canada.

Published: February 2013

The system of CH3I adsorbed on submonolayer, monolayer, and multilayer thin films of D2O on Cu(110) has been studied by measuring the time of flight (TOF) distributions of the desorbing CH3 fragments after photodissociation using linearly polarized λ = 248 nm light. For multilayer D2O films (2-120 ML), the photodissociation is dominated by neutral photodissociation via the "A-band" absorption of CH3I. The polarization and angle dependent variation in the observed TOF spectra of the CH3 photofragments find that dissociation is largely via the (3)Q0 excited state, but that also a contribution via the (1)Q1 excitation can be identified. The photodissociation results also indicate that the CH3I adsorbed on D2O forms close-packed islands at submonolayer coverages, with a mixture of C-I bond axis orientations. For monolayer and submonolayer quantities of D2O we have observed a contribution to CH3I photodissociation via dissociative electron attachment (DEA) by photoelectrons. The observed DEA is consistent with delocalized photoelectrons from the substrate causing the observed dissociation- we do not find evidence for an enhanced DEA mechanism via the temporary solvation of photoelectrons in localized states of the D2O ice.

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