Journal
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 59, Issue 34, Pages 14321-14325Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202005370
Keywords
charge transfer; copper; potassium; structure elucidation; thin films
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- NSFC, China [21821004, 21932001, 21902174]
- MOST, China [2017YFA0204702]
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Potassium (K) cations are spontaneously formed upon thermal deposition of low-coverage K onto an ultrathin CuO monolayer grown on Cu(110) and they were explored by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray photoemission spectroscopy. The formed K cations are highly immobile and thermally stable. The local work function around an individual K cation decreases by 1.5 +/- 0.3 eV, and a charging zone underneath it is established within about 1.0 nm. The cationic and neutral states of the K atom are switchable upon application of an STM bias voltage pulse, which is simultaneously accompanied by an adsorption site relocation.
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