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羟基化氧化镍(111)表面的结构和形貌

Structure and morphology of hydroxylated nickel oxide (111) surfaces

J. Ciston, A. Subramanian, D. M. Kienzle, L. D. Marks

摘要:

我们报告了NiO(111)表面sqrt(3)x sqrt(3)-R30和2x2重构的实验和理论分析,结合透射电子显微镜、X射线光电子能谱学和使用meta-GGA混合泛函TPSSh的合理精确的密度泛函计算。虽然这里的主要重点是表面结构,我们也观察到一个不寻常的台阶形态与梯田只包含偶数的单位电池在退火过程中的表面。实验数据清楚地表明,表面包含羟基封端的显著覆盖,并且表面结构与MgO(111)表面上报道的那些基本上相同,这意味着相同的动力学限制的水驱动的结构转变途径。八极结构,因此,可以排除所有,但在潮湿的空气中退火或通过运输的NiO单晶。.理论分析表明,正如预期的那样,简单的密度泛函理论方法,这种强相关的氧化物表面是边缘的,而更好地考虑金属d-电子有很大的影响,虽然,它仍然是不完美的。

英文摘要:

We report an experimental and theoretical analysis of the sqrt(3)x sqrt(3)-R30 and 2x2 reconstructions on the NiO (111) surface combining transmission electron microscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and reasonably accurate density functional calculations using the meta-GGA hybrid functional TPSSh. While the main focus here is on the surface structure, we also observe an unusual step morphology with terraces containing only even numbers of unit cells during annealing of the surfaces. The experimental data clearly shows that the surfaces contain significant coverage of hydroxyl terminations, and the surface structures are essentially the same as those reported on the MgO (111) surface implying an identical kinetically-limited water-driven structural transition pathway. The octapole structure can therefore be all but ruled out for single crystals of NiO annealed in or transported through humid air. . The theoretical analysis indicates, as expected, that simple density functional theory methods for such strongly-correlated oxide surfaces are marginal, while better consideration of the metal d-electrons has a large effect although, it is still not perfect.

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