The chemical state vector: a new concept for the characterization of oxide interfaces

For certain metal oxides deposited as a thin film on the surface of another oxide, changes may occur in the binding energy (BE) of the photoelectron peaks as well as in the kinetic energy (KE) of the Auger peaks of the deposited cation and consequently in its Auger parameter. These changes are illustrated here for the systems formed by SiO2 deposited onto TiO2 and Al2O3. Shifts by −1.3 and −1.0 eV in the Si 2p BE and by 2.3 and 0.7 eV in the KE of the Si KLL Auger peak are found for these two systems when comparing the values obtained for small amounts of SiO2 directly interacting with the support with those of a thick film of this material.

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