An increase in the coverage dependent adsorption probability with increasing coverage, i.e., an autocatalytic adsorption phenomenon, has frequently been observed. We present a time dependent (kinetic) Monte Carlo simulation scheme which can also account for this phenomenon. The scheme is tested for different adsorption scenarios and is compared with experimental results of CO adsorption on polar ZnO surfaces [T. Becker et al., J. Chem. Phys. 113, 6334 (2000)].
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