IN SITU PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY INVESTIGATION OF INTERFACE COUPLING BETWEEN METALS AND MoO3 THIN FILMS
Fei Wang,
Fang Hu,
Xue-Ao Zhang () and
Hui Xu ()
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Fei Wang: School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, 932 Lushan South Road, Changsha, Hunan Province 410083, P. R. China
Fang Hu: #x2020;Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, P. R. China
Xue-Ao Zhang: #x2021;College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, P. R. China
Hui Xu: School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, 932 Lushan South Road, Changsha, Hunan Province 410083, P. R. China
Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2017, vol. 24, issue 04, 1-10
Abstract:
Metal nanoparticles or nanoclusters have been widely used to functionalize semiconductor metal oxide nanostructures-based gas sensors or photodetectors to significantly enhance the device performance. It is crucial to reach a thorough understanding of the interfacial coupling between the metal nanoclusters and the metal oxide nanostructures. Here, in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) have been used to investigate the interfacial interactions between metals (Au and Co) and molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) films. In spite of the high work function (∼6.8eV) of the thermally evaporated MoO3 films, only weak interaction is observed at the Au/MoO3 interface. Au clusters or films can remain their neutral and nonchemically reacted state on MoO3 film. In contrast, the interfacial chemical reaction between Co and MoO3 is significantly strong. A band-bending in MoO3 and two interface states have been observed at the Co/MoO3 interface.
Keywords: Photoelectron spectroscopy; MoO3; interfacial interaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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