Design and Performance Aspects of a Custom-Built Ambient Pressure Photoelectron Spectrometer toward Bridging the Pressure Gap: Oxidation of Cu, Ag, and Au Surfaces at 1 mbar O2 Pressure

The critical features of a custom-built laboratory version ambient pressure photoelectron spectrometer (Lab-APPES) are presented. A double front cone differential pumping arrangement and an aperture free design employed in the electrostatic lens regime improve the data collection and data quality. I...

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Published in:Journal of physical chemistry. C 2013-03, Vol.117 (9), p.4717-4726
Main Authors: Roy, Kanak, Vinod, C. P, Gopinath, Chinnakonda S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Corrosion
Corrosion mechanisms
Exact sciences and technology
Metals. Metallurgy
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Summary:The critical features of a custom-built laboratory version ambient pressure photoelectron spectrometer (Lab-APPES) are presented. A double front cone differential pumping arrangement and an aperture free design employed in the electrostatic lens regime improve the data collection and data quality. In contrast to the conventional X-ray photoelectron spectrometers (XPS) operating at ultrahigh vacuum (UHV), it is possible to explore the electronic structure of solid surfaces under working conditions or closer to working conditions with Lab-APPES. Especially surface-dependent phenomena can be explored up to 1 mbar pressure and up to 873 K by conventional heating methods and at least up to 1273 K by a laser heating method. Simultaneous XPS and reaction kinetic measurements on solid surfaces make the Lab-APPES an important tool to measure the dynamic electronic structure changes on material surfaces under reaction conditions. The interaction of O2 with polycrystalline foils of Cu, Ag, and Au from UHV to 1 mbar and up to 773 K has been studied.
ISSN:1932-7447
1932-7455
DOI:10.1021/jp312706s