STM Images of Anionic Defects at CeO2(111)-A Theoretical Perspective

We present a theoretically oriented analysis of the appearance and properties of plausible candidates for the anionic defects observed in scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) experiments on CeO2(111). The simulations are based on density functional theory (DFT) and cover oxygen vacancies, fluorine impurities and hydroxyl groups in the surface and sub-surface layers. In the surface layer, all three appear as missing spots in the oxygen sublattice in filled state simulated STM images, but they are distinguishable in empty state images, where surface oxygen vacancies and hydroxyls appear as, respectively, diffuse and sharp bright features at oxygen sites, while fluorine defects appear as triangles of darkened Ce ions. In the sub-surface layer, all three defects present more complex patterns, with different combinations of brightened oxygen ion triangles and/or darkened Ce ion triangles, so we provide image maps to support experimental identification. We also discuss other properties that could be used to distinguish the defects, namely their diffusion rates and distributions.

Castleton, Christopher,1969-Mälardalens högskola,Utbildningsvetenskap och Matematik,Nottingham Trent Univ, Sch Sci & Technol, Nottingham, England;Malardalen Univ, Div Phys & Math Nat Sci Didact, Vasteras, Sweden,MAM(Swepub:mdh)ccn04 (författare)
Hermansson, Kersti,ProfessorUppsala universitet,Strukturkemi(Swepub:uu)kerstihs (författare)
Kullgren, Jolla,1978-Uppsala universitet,Strukturkemi(Swepub:uu)jolku587 (författare)
Uppsala universitetStrukturkemi (creator_code:org_t)

Av författaren/redakt...: Wolf, Matthew J.; Castleton, Chris ...; Hermansson, Kers ...; Kullgren, Jolla, ...

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