Surface core-level shift of Pd at the AgcPd1-c(111) surface : Nonlinear subsurface effects

• The surface core-level binding-energy shift (SCLS) of Pd at the AgcPd1-c(111) surface is calculated as a function of bulk concentration of the alloy. The equilibrium volume and the surface concentration profile used in the calculations refer to the 0 K case. The SCLSs are evaluated within the Z + 1 approximation. The results are analysed using the mixing enthalpy of the alloy and the bulk and surface chemical potentials. A relation of the SCLS to the bulk concentration is considered. This relation is shown to be mediated by the surface concentration profile which induces the observed nonlinear behaviour. The results are interpreted using a simple model for the alloy electronic structure.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

density functional calculation

surface core-level shift

chemical potential

mixing enthalpy

surface segregation

palladium

silver

alloys

binding-energy shifts

photoelectron-spectroscopy

electron-spectroscopy

chemical-analysis

agpd alloys

segregation

gas

photoemission

oxidation

picture

Physics

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ref (subject category)

art (subject category)