How the oxygen absorption affects the Al2O3 encapsulated blue phosphorene-Au alloy
| Main Authors: | Gabriele Faraone, Christian Martella, Emiliano Bonera, Alessandro Molle, Carlo Grazianetti |
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| Format: | info publication-preprint Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2021
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4747744 |
Daftar Isi:
- The urgent quest to introduce the Xenes, a new family of graphene-like materials, into everyday technological devices further demands for a specific understanding of their reactivity to different environments. Here, the role of oxygen on the blue phosphorene fragments alloyed with Au(111) substrate, so called BlueP-Au alloy, is investigated either on a microscopic scale or at the interface with Al2O3, commonly used to protect Xenes in ambient conditions. Although molecular oxygen does not affect the BlueP-Au alloy nor intercalate below it, the role of oxygen is fundamental to relief the charging effects at the very interface between Al2O3 and BlueP-Au alloy when exposed to air. These findings highlight the importance of combining different tools, including microscopy and spectroscopy, to ascertain the stability of two-dimensional materials in device-ready configurations.