Controlling Heteroepitaxy by Oxygen Chemical Potential: Exclusive Growth of (100) Oriented Ceria Nanostructures on Cu(111)

Höcker, Jan; Duchoň, Tomáš; Veltruská, Kateřina; Matolín, Vladimír; Falta, Jens; Senanayake, Sanjaya D.; Flege, J. Ingo

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11066

Title: Controlling Heteroepitaxy by Oxygen Chemical Potential: Exclusive Growth of (100) Oriented Ceria Nanostructures on Cu(111)

Journal Article · Wed Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11066· OSTI ID:1303025

Höcker, Jan ^[1]; Duchoň, Tomáš ^[2]; Veltruská, Kateřina ^[2]; Matolín, Vladimír ^[2]; Falta, Jens ^[3]; Senanayake, Sanjaya D. ^[4]; Flege, J. Ingo ^[1]

Univ. of Bremen (Germany)
Charles Univ., Prague (Czech Republic). Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Univ. of Bremen (Germany). MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes and Inst. of Solid State Physics
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

We present a novel and simple method for the preparation of a well-defined CeO₂(100) model system on Cu(111) based on the adjustment of the Ce/O ratio during growth. The method yields micrometer-sized, several nanometers high, single-phase CeO₂(100) islands with controllable size and surface termination that can be benchmarked against the known (111) nanostructured islands on Cu(111). We also demonstrate the ability to adjust the Ce to O stoichiometry from CeO₂(100) (100% Ce⁴⁺) to c-Ce₂O₃(100) (100% Ce³⁺), which can be readily recognized by characteristic surface reconstructions observed by low-energy electron diffraction. Finally, the discovery of the highly stable CeO_x(100) phase on a hexagonally close packed metal surface represents an unexpected growth mechanism of ceria on Cu(111), and it provides novel opportunities to prepare more elaborate models, benchmark surface chemical reactivity, and thus gain valuable insights into the redox chemistry of ceria in catalytic processes.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1303025

Report Number(s):: BNL-112522-2016-JA; R&D Project: CO009; KC0302010

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Vol. 120, Issue 9; ISSN 1932-7447

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