In situ atomic-scale imaging of the metal/oxide interfacial transformation

Zou, Lianfeng; Li, Jonathan; Zakharov, Dmitri; Stach, Eric A.; Zhou, Guangwen

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00371-4

Title: In situ atomic-scale imaging of the metal/oxide interfacial transformation

Journal Article · Mon Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00371-4· OSTI ID:1438307

Zou, Lianfeng ^[1]; Li, Jonathan ^[1];

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^[2]; Zhou, Guangwen ^[1]

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

Directly probing structure dynamics at metal/oxide interfaces has been a major challenge due to their buried nature.Using environmental transmission electron microscopy,here we report observations of the in-place formation of Cu₂O/Cu interfaces via the oxidation of Cu, and subsequently probe the atomic mechanisms by which interfacial transformation and grain rotation occur at the interfaces during reduction in an H₂ gas environment. The Cu₂O→Cu transformation is observed to occur initially along the Cu₂O/Cu interface in a layer-by-layer manner.The accumulation of oxygen vacancies at the Cu₂O/Cu interface drives the collapse of the Cu₂O lattice near the interface region, which results in a tilted Cu₂O/Cu interface with concomitant Cu₂O island rotation. Lastly, these results provide unprecedented microscopic detail regarding the redox reactions of supported oxides,which differs fundamentally from the reduction of bulk or isolated oxides that requires the formation of new interfaces between the parent oxide and the reduced phase.

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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)

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OSTI ID:: 1438307

Report Number(s):: BNL-205663-2018-JAAM

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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