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Sum-frequency generation at electrochemical interfaces: Cyanide vibrations on Pt(111) and Pt(110)

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We use optical sum-frequency generation to investigate the stretching vibrations of cyanide (CN−) molecules chemisorbed from aqueous electrolytes on single-crystalline Pt(111)- and Pt(110)-electrode surfaces. For clean and well-ordered Pt(111) electrodes, a single vibrational band between 2080 and 2150 cm−1 with a nonlinear frequency dependence on the potential is observed and assigned to the C≡N stretching vibration of chemisorbed cyanide. A second band between 2145 and 2150 cm−1 with very weak potential dependence appears on a surface which was subjected to oxidation-reduction cycles and is attributed to cyanide associated with a microscopically disordered surface. This assignment is supported by preliminary results for a Pt(110) single-crystal electrode. On a well-ordered (110) surface a single and potential-dependent cyanide vibration between 2070 and 2112 cm−1 is observed. After oxidation of the cyanide and readsorption, this band is replaced by a higher frequency band at 2144 cm−1 which is essentially not potential-dependent. Occasionally, additional vibrational bands at lower frequencies not reported in corresponding IR studies are observed on Pt(111).

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  1. Institut für Grenzflächenforschung und Vakuumphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425, Jülich, Germany

    W. Daum, C. Klünker, D. Knabben & H. Ibach

  2. Institut für Energieverfahrenstechnik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425, Jülich, Germany

    K. A. Friedrich & U. Stimming

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Daum, W., Friedrich, K.A., Klünker, C. et al. Sum-frequency generation at electrochemical interfaces: Cyanide vibrations on Pt(111) and Pt(110). Appl. Phys. A 59, 553–562 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00348274

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