Low work function and surface structure of the LaB/sub 6/(210) surface studied by angle-resolved x-ray spectroscopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy, and low-energy electron diffraction
A clean surface of LaB/sub 6/(210) exhibits the low work function of 2.2 +- 0.1 eV at room temperature. This is lower than those of the (100), (110), and (111) surfaces. Similarly to the (100) surface, La atoms exist in a (1 x 1) ordered structure at the outermost layer of the (210) clean surface. The value of the low work function of LaB/sub 6/ has been discussed on the basis of those data together with the Lang-Kohn theory. The changes of the (210) surface with oxygen chemisorption are more analogous to those of the (110) surface than the (100) and (111) surface. Work function changes from 2.2 to 3.1 eV with oxygen exposure and saturates above approx.15 L; the periodicity of the surface-atomic lattice disappears almost completely.
- Research Organization:
- National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Namiki 1-1, Sakura, Niihari, Ibaraki, Japan 300-31
- OSTI ID:
- 5623685
- Journal Information:
- J. Appl. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Appl. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 51:2; ISSN JAPIA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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