XPS and LEED study of a single-crystal surface of pyrite
XPS and LEED study of a single-crystal surface of pyrite
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DOI:
10.2138/am-1996-1-234
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发表时间:
1996-02
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
S. Chaturvedi;R. Katz;J. Guevremont;M. Schoonen;D. Strongin
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作者:
S. Chaturvedi;R. Katz;J. Guevremont;M. Schoonen;D. Strongin
Abstract This work reports X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) results for an as-grown (100) surface of pyrite (FeS2) cleaned by low-energy He+ ion bombardment and thermal annealing. LEED suggests that the atomically clean pyrite surface prepared in this manner is unreconstructed. XPS S 2p data for this surface show no evidence for a monosulfide species coexisting with the disulfide moiety that characterizes pyrite. This experimental observation contrasts with many prior studies that prepared pyrite surfaces by cleavage or mechanical cutting and observed a monosulfide species. We argue that a pyrite surface prepared directly from the as-grown surface may better represent a natural surface than does a preparation method such as cleavage.