regular surface site

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Zero-dimension site (atom, ion, or interstitial position) at a regular surface.
Note: It can be a photocatalytic centre (site) in the ground (not active) state in some particular cases of heterogeneous photocatalysis as, e.g., in the case when pre-physisorbed entities trap photocarriers in the course of the photocatalysed reaction.
Source:
PAC, 2011, 83, 931. (Glossary of terms used in photocatalysis and radiation catalysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)) on page 986 [Terms] [Paper]