Abstract
We report real-time detection of hydrogen (H) absorption in metallic palladium (Pd) nano-contacts immersed in liquid H2 using inelastic electron spectroscopy (IES). After introduction of liquid H2, the spectra exhibit the time evolution from the pure Pd to the Pd hydride, indicating that H atoms are absorbed in Pd nano-contacts even at the temperature where the thermal process is not expected. The IES time and bias voltage dependences show that H absorption develops by applying bias voltage 30 ∼ 50 mV, which can be explained by quantum tunneling. The results represent that IES is a powerful method to study the kinetics of high density H on solid surface.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 021605 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 106 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 12 2015 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)