Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 54, Issue 11, Pages 3011-3019Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2008.12.013
Keywords
Electrochemical nanostructuring; Monte Carlo simulations; Cavity filling
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- CONICET
- Secyt UNC
- Program BID [1728/OC-AR]
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A thermodynamic analysis is performed on electrochemical metal deposition in the cavity of a foreign substrate. In particular, the deposition of Cu and Ag in nanometer-sized holes on Au(1 1 1) is studied by means of off-lattice atomistic Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulations, using embedded atom method potentials. The present simulation conditions emulate experiments of electrochemical metal deposition in nanocavities, as performed in the literature. Depending on the system, remarkable differences are found in the way in which the defects are decorated, as well as in their energetics. When the interaction of the adsorbate atoms with the substrate is less favorable than the bulk interaction of the adsorbate, clusters are found that grow stepwise over the level of the surface. In the opposite case, the filling of the cavity occurs stepwise, without the occurrence of cluster growth above the surface level. The results of the simulations present a good qualitative agreement with experimental results from the literature. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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