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Title: In Situ Atomic Scale Visualization Of Surface Kinetics Driven Dynamics Of Oxide Growth On A Ni–Cr Surface

Abstract

We report in situ atomic-scale visualization of the dynamical three-dimensional (3D) growth of NiO during initial oxidation of Ni-10at%Cr using environmental transmission electron microscopy (ETEM). Despite the thermodynamic preference for Cr2O3 formation, cubic NiO oxides nucleated and grew epitaxially as the dominating oxide phase on the Ni-Cr (100) surface during initial oxidation. The growth of NiO islands proceeds through step-by-step adatom mechanism in 3D, which is sustained by surface diffusion of Ni and O atoms. Although the shapes of oxide islands are controlled by strain energy between oxide and alloy substrate, local surface kinetic variations can lead to the change of surface planes of oxide islands. These results demonstrate that surface diffusion dominates initial oxidation of Ni-Cr in these test conditions.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1243195
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-111555
Journal ID: ISSN 1359-7345; 48670; KP1704020
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
ChemComm
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 52; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Citation Formats

Luo, Langli, Zou, Lianfeng, Schreiber, Daniel K., Olszta, Matthew J., Baer, Donald R., Bruemmer, Stephen M., Zhou, Guangwen, and Wang, Chong M. In Situ Atomic Scale Visualization Of Surface Kinetics Driven Dynamics Of Oxide Growth On A Ni–Cr Surface. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1039/c5cc09165a.
Luo, Langli, Zou, Lianfeng, Schreiber, Daniel K., Olszta, Matthew J., Baer, Donald R., Bruemmer, Stephen M., Zhou, Guangwen, & Wang, Chong M. In Situ Atomic Scale Visualization Of Surface Kinetics Driven Dynamics Of Oxide Growth On A Ni–Cr Surface. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc09165a
Luo, Langli, Zou, Lianfeng, Schreiber, Daniel K., Olszta, Matthew J., Baer, Donald R., Bruemmer, Stephen M., Zhou, Guangwen, and Wang, Chong M. 2016. "In Situ Atomic Scale Visualization Of Surface Kinetics Driven Dynamics Of Oxide Growth On A Ni–Cr Surface". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc09165a.
@article{osti_1243195,
title = {In Situ Atomic Scale Visualization Of Surface Kinetics Driven Dynamics Of Oxide Growth On A Ni–Cr Surface},
author = {Luo, Langli and Zou, Lianfeng and Schreiber, Daniel K. and Olszta, Matthew J. and Baer, Donald R. and Bruemmer, Stephen M. and Zhou, Guangwen and Wang, Chong M.},
abstractNote = {We report in situ atomic-scale visualization of the dynamical three-dimensional (3D) growth of NiO during initial oxidation of Ni-10at%Cr using environmental transmission electron microscopy (ETEM). Despite the thermodynamic preference for Cr2O3 formation, cubic NiO oxides nucleated and grew epitaxially as the dominating oxide phase on the Ni-Cr (100) surface during initial oxidation. The growth of NiO islands proceeds through step-by-step adatom mechanism in 3D, which is sustained by surface diffusion of Ni and O atoms. Although the shapes of oxide islands are controlled by strain energy between oxide and alloy substrate, local surface kinetic variations can lead to the change of surface planes of oxide islands. These results demonstrate that surface diffusion dominates initial oxidation of Ni-Cr in these test conditions.},
doi = {10.1039/c5cc09165a},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1243195}, journal = {ChemComm},
issn = {1359-7345},
number = 16,
volume = 52,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}