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Transformations in nanoscale films of bismuth at T = 293 K depending on the thickness of film (1–56 nm) and duration (1 min-5400 h) of contact with gaseous ammonia are studied by means of optical spectroscopy, microscopy, and gravimetry. Depending on the initial thickness of the bismuth films, the kinetic curves of degree of conversion are satisfactorily described by linear, inverse logarithmic, parabolic, and logarithmic laws. The contact potential for Bi and BiN films is measured, along with the photovoltage for Bi-BiN systems. An energy band diagram is constructed for Bi-BiN systems. A model for the transformation of Bi films is been proposed that includes stages of ammonia adsorption, redistribution of the charge carriers in the Bi-BiN contact field, and the formation of bismuth nitride.
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Original Russian Text © E.P. Surovoj, L.N. Bugerko, V.E. Surovaya, 2013, published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii, 2013, Vol. 87, No. 6, pp. 1020–1026.
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Surovoj, E.P., Bugerko, L.N. & Surovaya, V.E. Kinetic patterns of the interaction between ammonia and nanoscale films of bismuth. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. 87, 1009–1014 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036024413060265
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