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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 86, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1900925
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Total photoyield experiments are applied to characterize p-, intrinsic, and n-type diamond with hydrogen-terminated surfaces. On all hydrogen-terminated samples a photoelectron threshold energy of 4.4 eV is detected which is discussed in detail in this letter. We attribute this threshold to the energy gap between the valence-band maximum and the vacuum level, which is 1.1 eV below the conduction-band minimum, and generally referred to as negative electron affinity (NEA). Hydrogen terminated p-type and intrinsic diamond show a rise of secondary photoyield in the excitation regime hv>5.47 eV. However, this is not detected on n-type diamond. We ascribe this to the formation of an upward surface band bending in the vicinity of the n-type diamond surface which acts as an energy barrier for electrons. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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