Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 1126-1133Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn2036472
Keywords
ceria; step edges; electronic properties; edge polarity; STM; DFT
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- Cluster of Excellence 'UNICAT' through the German Science Foundation
- Spanish MICINN [FIS2008-02238]
- Generalitat de Catalunya [2009SGR1041, XRQTC]
- Spanish Ministerio de Educacion [AP2009-3379]
- MICINN [JCI-2010-06372]
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
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Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) combined with density functional theory (DFT) are used to analyze the structural and electronic properties of step edges on the surface of CeO2(111) films grown on Ru(0001). Depending on the preparation conditions, < 211 > or < 110 >-oriented steps develop on the surface, which results in the formation of ceria ad-islands with hexagonal or triangular shapes. STM conductance spectroscopy reveals pronounced differences In the electronic properties of the step edges, as reflected in different onset positions of the ceria conduction band. The band shifts are related to the development of distinct edge electronic states that split-off from the ceria conduction band, as shown with DFT calculations. The separation of the edge states from the main band is governed by the atom-coordination and local charge-distribution along the edge, the latter giving rise to the development of electrostatic dipoles. We expect that the observed edge morphologies determine not only the electronic properties but also the adsorption behavior of step edges on the CeO2(111) surface.
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