Journal article

Publication year: 1998

Pages: 15-20

Journal: Surface Science

Volume number: 410

Issue number: 1

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-6028(98)00287-8

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 

A combined investigation using thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) shows that the area of the Li-induced 3×1 reconstruction on Si(111) depends linearly on the amount of adsorbed Li. This is in contrast to the concept of an impurity-stabilized 3×1 reconstruction by a small amount of Li through a long-ranged mechanism. The desorption energy of the Li atoms involved in the reconstruction is 3.2 eV. This is substantially higher than that of Li desorbing from the Si(111)7×7 surface (2.5 eV). The high desorption energy points to saturation of dangling bonds by Li chemisorption, which also explains the passivation of the Si(111)3×1–Li surface against oxidation.

Harvard Citation style: Kleine, H., Bludau, H., Over, H. and Fick, D. (1998) The 3×1-Li to 7×7 structural transformation of Si(111) due to Li desorption, Surface Science, 410(1), pp. 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-6028(98)00287-8

APA Citation style: Kleine, H., Bludau, H., Over, H., & Fick, D. (1998). The 3×1-Li to 7×7 structural transformation of Si(111) due to Li desorption. Surface Science. 410(1), 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-6028(98)00287-8