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Title: The onset of sub-surface oxidation induced by defects in a chemisorbed oxygen layer

Abstract

We investigate the onset of internal oxidation of a Cu(110) surface induced by oxygen subsurface adsorption via defects in the Cu(110)–(2 × 1)–O chemisorbed layer. The presence of a boundary formed by merged add-row structure domains due to a mismatch of half unit-cell leads to preferred oxygen adsorption at the subsurface tetrahedral sites. The resulting distorted Cu–O tetrahedra along the domain boundary have comparable bond length and angles to those of the bulk oxide phase of Cu{sub 2}O. Our results indicate that the presence of defects in the oxygen-chemisorbed adlayer can lead to the internal oxidation via the formation of Cu{sub 2}O-like tetrahedra in between the topmost and second outermost atomic layers at the oxygen coverage θ = 0.53 and the second and third outermost atomic layers at θ = 0.56. These results show that the internal oxidation of a metal surface can occur in the very beginning of the oxygen chemisorption process enabled by the presence of defects in the oxygen chemisorbed layer.

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy and Multidisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902 (United States)
  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Multidisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13902 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22416189
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 142; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ADSORPTION; BOND LENGTHS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMISORPTION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LAYERS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SURFACES

Citation Formats

Li, Jonathan, Li, Liang, and Zhou, Guangwen. The onset of sub-surface oxidation induced by defects in a chemisorbed oxygen layer. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4913237.
Li, Jonathan, Li, Liang, & Zhou, Guangwen. The onset of sub-surface oxidation induced by defects in a chemisorbed oxygen layer. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4913237
Li, Jonathan, Li, Liang, and Zhou, Guangwen. 2015. "The onset of sub-surface oxidation induced by defects in a chemisorbed oxygen layer". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4913237.
@article{osti_22416189,
title = {The onset of sub-surface oxidation induced by defects in a chemisorbed oxygen layer},
author = {Li, Jonathan and Li, Liang and Zhou, Guangwen},
abstractNote = {We investigate the onset of internal oxidation of a Cu(110) surface induced by oxygen subsurface adsorption via defects in the Cu(110)–(2 × 1)–O chemisorbed layer. The presence of a boundary formed by merged add-row structure domains due to a mismatch of half unit-cell leads to preferred oxygen adsorption at the subsurface tetrahedral sites. The resulting distorted Cu–O tetrahedra along the domain boundary have comparable bond length and angles to those of the bulk oxide phase of Cu{sub 2}O. Our results indicate that the presence of defects in the oxygen-chemisorbed adlayer can lead to the internal oxidation via the formation of Cu{sub 2}O-like tetrahedra in between the topmost and second outermost atomic layers at the oxygen coverage θ = 0.53 and the second and third outermost atomic layers at θ = 0.56. These results show that the internal oxidation of a metal surface can occur in the very beginning of the oxygen chemisorption process enabled by the presence of defects in the oxygen chemisorbed layer.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4913237},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22416189}, journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
issn = {0021-9606},
number = 8,
volume = 142,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}