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Challenges in the interpretation of gas core levels for the determination of gas-solid interactions within dielectric porous films by ambient pressure XPS

De Los Arcos T, Weinberger C, Zysk F, Damerla VR, Kollmann S, Vieth P, Tiemann M, Kühne TD, Grundmeier G (2022)

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Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Book Volume: 604

Article Number: 154525

DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154525

Abstract

Near ambient pressure XPS in nitrogen atmosphere was utilized to investigate gas-solid interactions within porous SiO2 films ranging from 30 to 75 nm thickness. The films were differentiated in terms of porosity and roughness. The XPS N1s core levels of the N2 gas in presence of the SiO2 samples showed variations in width, binding energy and line shape. The width correlated with the surface charge induced in the dielectric films upon X-ray irradiation. The observed different binding energies observed for the N1s peak can only partly be associated with intrinsic work function differences between the samples, opening the possibility that the effect of physisorption at room temperature could be detected by a shift in the measured binding energy. However, the signals also show an increasing asymmetry with rising surface charge. This might be associated with the formation of vertical electrical gradients within the dielectric porous thin films, which complicates the assignment of binding energy positions to specific surface-related effects. With the support of Monte Carlo and first principles density functional theory calculations, the observed shifts were discussed in terms of the possible formation of transitory dipoles upon N2 physisorption within the porous SiO2 films.

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APA:

De Los Arcos, T., Weinberger, C., Zysk, F., Damerla, V.R., Kollmann, S., Vieth, P.,... Grundmeier, G. (2022). Challenges in the interpretation of gas core levels for the determination of gas-solid interactions within dielectric porous films by ambient pressure XPS. Applied Surface Science, 604. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154525

MLA:

De Los Arcos, Teresa, et al. "Challenges in the interpretation of gas core levels for the determination of gas-solid interactions within dielectric porous films by ambient pressure XPS." Applied Surface Science 604 (2022).

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