GeO disproportionation into GeO2 and Ge is studied through x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Direct evidence for the reaction 2GeO → GeO2 + Ge after annealing in ultra-high vacuum is presented. Activation energy for GeO disproportionation is found to be about 0.7 ± 0.2 eV through kinetic and thermodynamic calculations. A kinetic model of GeO disproportionation is established by considering oxygen transfer in the GeO network. The relationship between GeO disproportionation and GeO desorption induced by GeO2/Ge interfacial reaction is discussed, and the apparent contradiction between GeO desorption via interfacial redox reaction and GeO disproportionation into Ge and GeO2 is explained by considering the oxygen vacancy.
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters
(Volume:101
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Issue:
6
)
Date of Publication:
Aug 2012
- Page(s):
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061907
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061907-4
- ISSN :
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0003-6951
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1063/1.4738892
- Product Type:
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Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
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09 August 2012
- Issue Date :
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Aug 2012