Étude par spectroscopie auger,diffraction d'électrons lents et rapides des premiers stades de la sulfuration de la face (100) de NiO par H2S

A structural study of the different stages during NiO(100) sulphurization by H₂S was carried out by RHEED, LEED and AES. On exposure to H₂S (PH₂S < 10^?5 Torr) The “clean” surface, obtained by UHV cleavage, was found to react with H₂S to produce islands of Ni(100) covered with an ordered c(2 × 2) S structure up to 300°C. Growth of Ni₃S₂ islands occurs on increasing the temperature and the exposure to H₂S.