Interface atom mobility and charge transfer effects on CuO and Cu2O formation on Cu3Pd(111) and Cu3Pt(111)

Interface atom mobility and charge transfer effects on CuO and Cu2O formation on Cu3Pd(111) and Cu3Pt(111)

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Abstract We bombarded $$mbox{$ ext{Cu}_{3} ext{Pd}(111)$}$$ Cu 3 Pd ( 111 ) and $$mbox{$ ext{Cu}_{3} ext{Pt}(111)$}$$ Cu 3 Pt ( 111 ) with a 2.3 eV hyperthermal oxygen molecular beam (HOMB) source, and characterized the corresponding (oxide) surfaces with synchrotron-radiation X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (SR-XPS).At $$300, ext{K}$$ 300 K , CuO forms on both $$mbox{$ ext{Cu}_{3} ext{Pd}(111)$}$$ Cu 3 Pd ( 111 ) and $$mbox{$ ext{Cu}_{3} ext{Pt}(111)$}$$ Cu 3 Pt ( 111 ).

When we increase the surface temperature to read more $$500, ext{K}$$ 500 K , $$mbox{$ ext{Cu}_{2} ext{O}$}$$ Cu 2 O also forms on $$mbox{$ ext{Cu}_{3} ext{Pd}(111)$}$$ Cu 3 Pd ( 111 ) , but not on $$mbox{$ ext{Cu}_{3} ext{Pt}(111)$}$$ Cu 3 Pt ( 111 ).For comparison, $$mbox{$ ext{Cu}_{2} ext{O}$}$$ Cu 2 O forms even at $$300, ext{K}$$ 300 K on Cu(111).On $$mbox{$ ext{Cu}_{3} ext{Au}(111)$}$$ Cu 3 Au ( 111 ) , $$mbox{$ ext{Cu}_{2} ext{O}$}$$ Cu 2 O forms only after $$500, ext{K}$$ 500 K Sticker Pack , and no oxides can be found at $$300, ext{K}$$ 300 K.

We ascribe this difference in Cu oxide formation to the mobility of the interfacial species (Cu/Pd/Pt) and charge transfer between the surface Cu oxides and subsurface species (Cu/Pd/Pt).