Admetal-induced substrate surface restructuring during metal-on-metal electrochemical deposition studied by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy |
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Authors: | F Maroun S Morin A Lachenwitzer O M Magnussen R J Behm |
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Institution: | Abt. Oberflächenchemie und Katalyse, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany |
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Abstract: | Based on time-dependent in situ scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) studies, we demonstrate that for Ni on Ag(111) and Ru on Au(111), electrochemical metal-on-metal deposition can result in pronounced substrate surface restructuring. For Ni/Ag(111), we observe that at low deposition flux and low coverage, Ni submonolayer islands at steps are partly embedded in the Ag terraces, whereas at higher deposition flux and higher coverage, substrate restructuring results in the formation of monolayer bays in the Ag terraces. We suggest that this restructuring process proceeds predominantly via step edge diffusion of Ag atoms. For Ru/Au(111), the formation of fjords and monolayer holes in the Au terraces is observed at low and high Ru coverage, respectively. The importance of the Au surface mobility for the restructuring process is demonstrated by comparing experiments in H2SO4 and HCl solutions, in which Au exhibits strongly different surface mobilities. For this system, restructuring involves Au diffusion along Au steps, Au atom detachment from the Au steps, and upward exchange diffusion. According to these observations and their comparison with similar findings for vacuum deposition, we conclude that this restructuring requires (i) a high substrate surface mobility and (ii) a stronger bonding of substrate atoms to deposit islands than to the substrate. |
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Keywords: | Gold Scanning tunneling microscopy Silver Solid–liquid interfaces Surface diffusion Surface energy Surface roughening |
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