摘要:
Surface structures formed by titanium oxide thin films at a Pt(100) surface have been studied by STM (scanning tunneling microscopy), LEED (low energy electron diffraction), AES (Auger electron spectroscopy), XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy), XPD (X-ray photoelectron diffraction) and He+-ISS (He+ ion scattering spectrometry) in order to explore and elucidate stable high-temperature structures that may be formed at titania-Pt interfaces and provide a basis for characterizing the chemistry of titania thin films on Pt(100). Titanium oxide films were produced by two different methods. First, titanium oxide films on Pt(100) were produced by oxidation using ozone (O-3) of a Pt3Ti surface alloy at 300K and annealing at 1000K. Smooth thin films with a (3 x 5) structure were observed at 1 ML (monolayer) using this procedure, and we propose that the (3 x 5) structure is due to one layer of a Ti2O3 film that is similar to the (1 x 2) strands formed on reduced TiO2(110) Surfaces. Structures prepared by this method showed particularly "flat" terraces without islands. Second, TiOx films were formed by Ti evaporation and deposition on Pt(100) in 6.7 x 10(-5) Pa O-2 and annealing the substrate above 750K in vacuum. A (35) structure was produced also for these films below similar to1 ML. A (4 x 3 root5R60degrees) structure, referred to as the "24-structure", was observed after deposition of similar to2 ML and after annealing at 850-1000 K. We propose a model for this structure composed of TiO2 tetragonal nets with some O atoms in the second layer. The (4 x 3root5R60degrees) film changed to one with a (3 x 5) structure after annealing above 960 K in vacuum. TiO2 clusters were observed in our investigations, but mainly after Ti deposition sufficient to form several monolayers and after annealing at 1000 K. Under those conditions, a small number of (3 x 5) domains were observed also, but it was surprising that clean (1 x 1)- and (5 x 20)-Pt(100) domains still existed over similar to2% of the surface. TiO2 clusters decomposed to form a (2root2 x 2root2)R45degrees structure, which we propose to be Ti5O8, and (3 x 5) domains after annealing at 1300 K. Within our models, the composition of all titanium oxide ultrathin films on a Pt(100) surface are TiO2-1.5 after annealing at 850-1300K. Chemical changes occurring during annealing of titanium oxide films include Ti dissolution (alloying) into the bulk of the Pt(100) crystal. We suggest that these results will have important consequences for the understanding and modeling of catalysis of related systems. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.