Interaction of metal with oxide films: V on Cr2O3(0001)/Re(0001) and Cr on V2O3(0001)/Re(0001)

  • Wende Xiao
  • , Kan Xie
  • , Qinlin Guo*
  • , E. G. Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The interactions of V with Cr2O3(0001) films and Cr with V2O3(0001) films at room temperature are studied using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and low-energy-electron diffraction. The results show that the deposited V is oxidized and the Cr2O3(0001) surface is reduced at the initial coverage due to the interaction of V with the Cr2O3 substrate; V becomes metallic at V coverage greater than 5 monolayer equivalent. Full oxidization of the deposited vanadium cannot be achieved by O2 exposure at room temperature for 20 min. However, V2O3(0001) films have been observed after heating the sample to 600-700 K in oxygen ambient at 1 × 10-7 mbar. Similar results have been obtained for the Cr/V2O3(0001)/Re(0001) system.

Original languageEnglish
Article number302
Pages (from-to)6321-6328
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Physics Condensed Matter
Volume14
Issue number25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2002
Externally publishedYes

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