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Atomic layer reversal on CeO2 (100) surface

二氧化铈(100)表面的原子面反转

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The structure and properties of CeO2 surfaces have been intensively studied due to their importance in a lot of surface-related applications. Since most of surface techniques probe the structure information inside the outermost surface plane, the subsurface structure information has been elusive in many studies. Using the profile imaging with aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy, the structure information in both the outermost layer and the sublayers of the CeO2 (100) surface has been obtained. In addition to the normal structures that have been reported before, where the surface is Ce- or O-terminated, a metastable surface has been discovered. In the new structure, there is an atomic layer reversal between the outermost layer and the sublayer, giving a structure with O as the outermost layer for the stoichiometry of normal Ce-terminated surface. The charge redistribution for the polarity compensation has also been changed relative to the normal surface.

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氧化铈表面的结构与性能对氧化铈材料的许多实际应用有着重要的影响, 因此受到了广泛的关注和研究. 由于大多数的表面技术仅限 于获得表面最外层原子的结构信息, 对材料亚表面的结构信息还非常匮乏. 我们基于像差校正高分辨透射电子显微技术, 同时获得了氧化铈 (100)表面和亚表面的结构信息, 从而揭示了氧化铈(100)表面的一种亚稳态. 在这种新结构中, 表面最外层和次外层原子面发生了反转, 使得具 有Ce终结的化学计量比的表面以O原子面暴露在最外层. 伴随这种原子面反转, 为了补偿表面极性的电荷重排也不同于正常的(100)表面.

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This work was supported by the National natural Science Foundation of China (51525102, 51390475, 51371102 and 21673277) and the National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB654902). In this work we used the resources of the National Center for Electron Microscopy in Beijing and Shanghai Supercomputer Center.

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  1. National Center for Electron Microscopy in Beijing, Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education of China and State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Jinglu Huang  (黄静露), Jing Zhu  (朱静) & Rong Yu  (于荣)

  2. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China

    Yunbo Yu  (余运波)

  3. Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, China

    Yunbo Yu  (余运波)

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Yunbo Yu  (余运波)

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Jinglu Huang is a PhD candidate at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, under the supervision of Prof. Rong Yu. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Zhejiang University in 2012. Her current research focuses on the atomic configuration and electronic structure of local structures in materials.

Rong Yu is a professor of the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University. He received bachelor’s degree in 1996 from Zhejiang University, and PhD in 2002 from the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include surface science and catalysis of metals and oxides, microstructure of intermetallics, and structural transition and interfaces in transition metal oxides.

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Huang, J., Yu, Y., Zhu, J. et al. Atomic layer reversal on CeO2 (100) surface. Sci. China Mater. 60, 903–908 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-017-9082-1

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