Oxidation of h-BN on strongly and weakly interacting metal surfaces

Autor: Oleg Yu. Vilkov, Anna A. Makarova, Kirill A. Bokai, Dmitry Yu. Usachov, Viktor O. Shevelev
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Nanotechnology. 30:234004
ISSN: 1361-6528
0957-4484
Popis: We used x-ray photoemission and absorption spectroscopies to study the influence of thermal molecular oxygen exposure on the h-BN/Co(0001) and h-BN/Au/Co(0001) systems. The spectral analysis was supported by density functional theory calculations. It is shown that oxygen can intercalate h-BN on Co(0001) and also be embedded into its lattice, replacing the nitrogen atoms. Upon substitution, the structures containing one (BN2O) and three (BO3) oxygen atoms in the boron atom environment are formed predominantly. In the case of gold-intercalated h-BN, only the (BN2O) structures are formed; the long-lasting oxygen exposures lead to etching of the h-BN layer.
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