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Structure of the SnO2 (110)- (4×1) Surface

Merte, Lindsay R. LU ; Jørgensen, Mathias S. ; Pussi, Katariina ; Gustafson, Johan LU ; Shipilin, Mikhail LU ; Schaefer, Andreas LU ; Zhang, Chu LU ; Rawle, Jonathan ; Nicklin, Chris and Thornton, Geoff , et al. (2017) In Physical Review Letters 119(9).
Abstract

Using surface x-ray diffraction (SXRD), quantitative low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), and density-functional theory (DFT) calculations, we have determined the structure of the (4×1) reconstruction formed by sputtering and annealing of the SnO2(110) surface. We find that the reconstruction consists of an ordered arrangement of Sn3O3 clusters bound atop the bulk-terminated SnO2(110) surface. The model was found by application of a DFT-based evolutionary algorithm with surface compositions based on SXRD, and shows excellent agreement with LEED and with previously published scanning tunneling microscopy measurements. The model proposed previously consisting of in-plane oxygen vacancies is thus shown to be incorrect, and our result... (More)

Using surface x-ray diffraction (SXRD), quantitative low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), and density-functional theory (DFT) calculations, we have determined the structure of the (4×1) reconstruction formed by sputtering and annealing of the SnO2(110) surface. We find that the reconstruction consists of an ordered arrangement of Sn3O3 clusters bound atop the bulk-terminated SnO2(110) surface. The model was found by application of a DFT-based evolutionary algorithm with surface compositions based on SXRD, and shows excellent agreement with LEED and with previously published scanning tunneling microscopy measurements. The model proposed previously consisting of in-plane oxygen vacancies is thus shown to be incorrect, and our result suggests instead that Sn(II) species in interstitial positions are the more relevant features of reduced SnO2(110) surfaces.

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Physical Review Letters
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119
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9
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096102
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American Physical Society
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0031-9007
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.096102
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English
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  author       = {{Merte, Lindsay R. and Jørgensen, Mathias S. and Pussi, Katariina and Gustafson, Johan and Shipilin, Mikhail and Schaefer, Andreas and Zhang, Chu and Rawle, Jonathan and Nicklin, Chris and Thornton, Geoff and Lindsay, Robert and Hammer, Bjørk and Lundgren, Edvin}},
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  series       = {{Physical Review Letters}},
  title        = {{Structure of the SnO2 (110)- (4×1) Surface}},
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  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.096102}},
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