Insight into the Phase Transformation Pathways of Copper Oxidation: From Oxygen Chemisorption on the Clean Surface to Multilayer Bulk Oxide Growth

Wang, Jianyu; Li, Chaoran; Zhu, Yaguang; Boscoboinik, Jorge Anibal; Zhou, Guangwen

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b09145

Title: Insight into the Phase Transformation Pathways of Copper Oxidation: From Oxygen Chemisorption on the Clean Surface to Multilayer Bulk Oxide Growth

Journal Article · 30 October 2018 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b09145 · OSTI ID:1489350

Wang, Jianyu ^[1]; Li, Chaoran ^[1]; Zhu, Yaguang ^[1];

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State Univ. of New York, Binghamton, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Here, we have employed ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to monitor the full pathway of copper oxidation from the initial stages of oxygen chemisorption on the clean surface to oxide nucleation and growth and then to growing continuous oxide layer. By increasing oxygen pressure in a stepwise way from pO₂ = 10^–7 to 1 Torr at T = 350 °C, we show that the oxidation of Cu(100) takes place by dissociative chemisorption of oxygen to first form the p(2 × 2) phase at pO₂ = 1 × 10^–7 Torr, which then transforms to the missing-row reconstruction with a higher oxygen coverage and upon increasing pO₂ from 1 × 10^–6 to 1 × 10^–3 Torr. After reaching pO₂ = 1 × 10^–2 Torr, nucleation and growth of Cu₂O islands occurs by consuming the regions. Increasing pO₂ to 0.1 Torr results in the continued Cu₂O growth with increased surface roughness. The surface is quickly covered with a CuO layer upon increasing pO₂ to 1 Torr, at which the surface oxidation occurs via the CuO/Cu₂O bilayer growth. The measurements delineate the range of pO₂ required for the crossover between the different stages of the surface oxidation and may have practical importance by tuning the oxidation conditions that allow for controlling the oxide phase and atomic structure of the surface.

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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) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1489350

Report Number(s):: BNL-210831-2018-JAAM

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C Journal Issue: 46 Vol. 122; ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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