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Nano Research 2015, 8(1): 227-237 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0639-0
Research Article | Issue | Published: 16 December 2014

Stability of BN/metal interfaces in gaseous atmosphere

Show Author's Information Yang Yang1,  Qiang Fu1( ),  Mingming Wei1,  Hendrik Bluhm2,  Xinhe Bao1( )
State Key Laboratory of CatalysisDalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesDalian116023China
Chemical Sciences DivisionLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, BerkeleyCalifornia94720USA
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graphene, intercalation, h-BN, Ru(0001), PEEM, AP-XPS
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Yang Y, Fu Q, Wei M, et al. Stability of BN/metal interfaces in gaseous atmosphere. Nano Research, 2015, 8(1): 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0639-0
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Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is often prepared by epitaxial growth on metals, and stability of the formed BN/metal interfaces in gaseous environment is a key issue for physicochemical properties of the BN overlayers. As an illustration here, the structural change of a BN/Ru(0001) interface upon exposure to O2 has been investigated using in situ photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM) and ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AP-XPS). We demonstrate the occurrence of oxygen intercalation of the BN overlayers in O2 atmosphere, which decouples the BN overlayer from the substrate. Comparative studies of oxygen intercalation at BN/Ru(0001) and graphene/Ru(0001) surfaces indicate that the oxygen intercalation of BN overlayers happens more easily than graphene. This finding will be of importance for future applications of BN-based devices and materials under ambient conditions.

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Received: 21 October 2014
Revised: 06 November 2014
Accepted: 10 November 2014
Published: 16 December 2014
Issue date: January 2015

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© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21222305, 21373208, and 21033009), Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Nos. 2011CB932704 and 2013CB834603), and the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The ALS and the MES beamline 11.0.2 are supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences and Materials Sciences Division of the US Department of Energy at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

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