Adsorption behavior and reaction properties of NO and CO on Rh(1 1 1)

Reactions between NO and CO on Rh(1 1 1) surfaces were investigated using infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and temperature-programmed desorption. NO adsorbed on the fcc, atop, and hcp sites in that order, whereas CO adsorbed initially on the atop sites and then on the hollow (fcc + hcp) sites. The results of experiments with NO exposure on CO-preadsorbed Rh(1 1 1) surfaces indicated that the adsorption of NO on the hcp sites was inhibited by preadsorption of CO on the atop sites, and NO adsorption on the atop and fcc sites was inhibited by CO preadsorbed on each type of site, which indicates that NO and CO competitively adsorbed on Rh(1 1 1). From a Rh(1 1 1) surface with coadsorbed NO and CO, N₂ was produced from the dissociation of fcc-NO, and CO₂ was formed by the reaction of adsorbed CO with atomic oxygen from dissociated fcc-NO. The CO₂ production increased remarkably in the presence of hollow-CO. Coverage of fcc-NO and hollow-CO on Rh(1 1 1) depended on the composition ratio of the NO/CO gas mixture, and a gas mixture with NO/CO ? 1/2 was required for the co-existence of fcc-NO and hollow-CO at 273 K.     

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy characterization of oxidated Si particles formed by pulsed ion-beam ablation

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is used to probe oxidation states of Si species in particles deposited using a pulsed ion-beam evaporation method. The effects of He ambient gas, ion beam intensity and post-treatments on the oxides composition and oxygen content have been studied. It is found that presence of He ambient gas led to a profound oxidation of Si species as compared to that prepared in vacuum at the same ion-beam ablation energy, i.e. both increase of SiO₂ component and oxygen concentration in the oxides coverage. The deposition in He also resulted in an increase of oxygen concentration even under lower ablation intensity, but a higher Si suboxides concentration. It is revealed that the reaction between Si and O was controlled by the ion beam intensity (temperature of Si plasma) and the gas ambient (collision probability of Si and O species). The difference in structure of oxide layers for samples obtained under various conditions is discussed based on the results of XPS analyses.     

Electronic structure of Ti metal and TiO2 powder studied by hard and soft (Cu Kα1 and Al Kα1) X-ray photoelectron and Auger spectroscopy

High-energy X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is of particular importance for minimizing the effects of surface contamination by increasing photoelectron escape depths. In this study high-resolution high-energy Cu Kα₁ and soft Al Kα₁ XPS and Auger electron spectroscopy were used to compare the electronic structure of Ti in TiO₂ powder and Ti metal. The Ti 1s in TiO₂ XPS line is narrower and more symmetric than in Ti metal. A comparison of the relative intensities of the L₂₃M₂₃M₄₅ and L₂₃M₂₃M₂₃ Auger transitions in Ti metal and TiO₂ is consistent with the expected transfer of Ti 3d electrons away from the Ti site in the oxide. The satellites accompanying the Ti 1s XPS line excited by Cu Kα₁ X-rays occur at the same energies as the satellites accompanying the Ti 2s and 2p XPS lines excited by Al Kα₁ X-rays indicating that they do not depend on the core-level, the experimental resolution or inelastic scattering processes.     

Early transition metal dopants in cuprous oxide: To spin or not to spin

We present a trend study of a large variety of dopants at the cation site in Cu₂O (i.e. substituting Cu), focussing largely on the early 3d-, 4d-, and 5d-transition metals (TMs) in which many of them are known to be non-magnetic. We also include s-, sp- and d¹⁰-metals for comparison. We find that doping with sp-elements results in zero spin moment while dopants with a partially filled d-band show a stronger tendency to magnetize and 3d-TM dopants exhibit a larger magnetic moment than most of the 4d- and 5d-TM dopants. From this trend study, we also find a correlation between their substitution enthalpy and associated interatomic relaxations. In particular, Ti-doped Cu₂O appears to be an interesting system, given its “peculiar” ability to exhibit a spin moment when doped with a non-magnetic substituent like Ti. We also find that the interaction between two doped Ti atoms in Ti₂:Cu₂O is predominantly antiferromagnetic, and interestingly (and unexpectedly), this interaction rapidly declines as a function of inter-dopant distance, as in the case for the magnetic late-TM dopants like Co₂:Cu₂O.     

溶胶-凝胶VO2薄膜转换特性研究

利用溶胶凝胶法在SiO2Si衬底上沉积高取向的V2O5薄膜,在压强低于2Pa,温度高于400℃的条件下,对V2O5薄膜进行真空烘烤,获得了电阻率变化3个数量级以上、弛豫宽度为62℃的VO2多晶薄膜.以X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)图和电阻率转换特性等实验结果为依据,详细分析了溶胶凝胶薄膜在真空烘烤时从V2O5向VO2的转化,它经历了从VnO2n+1(n=2,3,4,6)到VO2的过程.实验证明,根据选择合适的成膜热处理条件和真空烘烤条件是实现溶胶凝胶V2O5结构向VO2结构成功转换的关键 关键词： 溶胶-凝胶法 氧化钒薄膜 VO2膜转换特性     

Limitation of Auger electron spectroscopy in the determination of the metal-on-oxide growth mode: Pd on MgO(100)

A discussion on the use of Auger electron spectroscopy as a quantitative tool to determine the growth mode of metals on single crystal oxide surfaces is presented. In the case of Pd grown epitaxially on MgO(100), the three-dimensional character of the growth is easily seen at coverage above one monolayer. However, in the submonolayer regime, and mainly at low substrate temperatures, the AES results are ambiguous. The combination of AES with the more sensitive helium-atom diffraction method allows us to demonstrate that the growth is three-dimensional from the early stages, the particles becoming flatter when the substrate temperature decreases. We compare our results with other growth studies on different metal/oxide systems. At low temperature, the ideal growth modes are not always observed, the final morphology of the films being determined mainly by kinetic effects. Thus a pseudo-Stranski-Krastanov growth mode is often obtained with formation of 2D islands followed by 3D clustering from a critical submonolayer coverage.     

The adsorption and decomposition of NO on Pd(110)

The sticking probability of nitric oxide (NO) on Pd(110) and the relative selectivity of the surface to nitrogen (N₂) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) production has been measured as a function of coverage and as a function of surface and gas temperatures using a molecular beam. It is found that, at low temperatures (<440 K), molecular adsorption occurs with an initial sticking probability of 0.40 ± 0.02, rising quickly to a maximum of about 0.48 ± 0.02 as coverage increases before falling towards saturation. Following adsorption at 170 K four distinct adsorption sites can be identified by subsequent TPD. Hence, if beaming occurs at a temperature above the TPD peak due to a given site, then that site cannot be populated and the saturation coverage is found to be reduced. At higher temperatures (440–650 K) the sticking probability is seen to decrease continuously as a function of coverage. At a given NO uptake, the sticking probability falls with temperature indicating that the rate of NO desorption is significant in this temperature range. In addition, dissociation occurs leading to the desorption of nitrogen and nitrous oxide leaving only oxygen adatoms on the surface. The oxygen adatoms poison further reaction but can be cleaned off, even at the lowest temperature at which dissociation occurs, by hydrogen or carbon monoxide. At the low temperature end of this range more nitrous oxide is produced than nitrogen but this ratio falls with temperature until, above 600 K, there is 100% selectivity to the production of nitrogen which we propose is due to the low lifetime of molecular NO on the surface. However, at such high temperatures, reaction only occurs on a few sites probably located at the few step edges present on the crystal.     

Structural distortion,charge modulation and local anisotropies in magnetite below the Verwey transition using resonant X‐ray scattering

The pattern of charge modulations and local anisotropies below the Verwey transition has been determined and quantified in high‐quality Fe₃O₄ single crystals and thin films grown on MgO by using resonant X‐ray scattering at the Fe K‐edge. The energy, polarization and azimuthal angle dependencies of an extensive set of reflections with potential sensitivity to charge or local anisotropy orderings have been analyzed to explore their origins. A charge disproportion on octahedral B sites of 0.20 ± 0.05 e^? with [0 0 1] and cubic periodicities has been confirmed, while no significant charge disproportion has been obtained with [0 0 1/2] cubic periodicity. Additional charge modulations in the monoclinic a–b plane are also present. In addition, the occurrence of new forbidden (1, 1, 0) and (0, 0, 2n + 1/2) cubic reflections that arise from the anisotropy of the local structure around different tetrahedral and octahedral Fe atoms is shown. This complex pattern of weak charge modulations and local anisotropies is fully compatible with the low‐temperature crystal structure refined in the non‐polar C2/c space group and disproves any bimodal charge disproportion of the octahedral Fe atoms.     

Influence of Fe-doping on the microstructure and electromagnetic performance of manganese oxides

A simple wet chemical method was used to synthesize Fe-doped MnO₂ composites with iron amount ranging from 0 to 90 M percent. X-ray diffraction, electron probe micro-analyzer, scanning electron microscopy and vector network analyzer were employed to investigate the effect of iron doping on the microstructure and electromagnetic performance of the as-synthesized samples. Results indicate that relative small content of Fe-doping cannot change the α-MnO₂ structure but can promote the formation of hollow-structural morphology. The as-obtained products are transformed into a novel compound (Fe_0.67Mn_0.33)OOH with the increase of Fe-doping to 30 mol%. The possible formation mechanism was proposed in detail. Compared with the pure MnO₂, the Fe-doped samples exhibit decreased dielectric loss but increased magnetic loss with increasing the iron content below 20 mol% while relatively poor electromagnetic properties with the iron content above 30 mol%.     

β型烧绿石氧化物超导体AOs2O6 (A=K, Rb) 的 声子软化与超导电性

运用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法, 研究两种β 型烧绿石氧化物超导体AOs₂O₆(A=K, Rb) 的结构稳定性, 声子软化以及与超导电性的关系. 通过计算发现, AOs₂O₆中碱金属原子A(=K, Rb) 沿〈111〉 晶向具有不稳定性, 且以K原子的不稳定性更为突出. 同时, 计算得到的KOs₂O₆在布里渊区中心的声子频率普遍比RbOs₂O₆的低, 使得KOs₂O₆的电声子耦合常数比RbOs₂O₆的大. 本文计算结果表明, 较小的碱金属原子K位于较大的氧笼子中, 活动性较强, 导致声子的软化, 是引起KOs₂O₆具有较强的电声子耦合及较高的超导转变温度的根本原因. 这些结果对解释两种β 型烧绿石氧化物超导体AOs₂O₆(A=K, Rb) 的超导电性具有重要意义.