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Feb, 2019

Electronic and spin structure of O- and H-adsorbed Fe3O4(111) surfaces

PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • Asakawa, Kanta
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  • Miura, Yoshio
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  • Nagatsuka, Naoki
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  • Takeyasu, Kotaro
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  • Matsumoto, Masuaki
  • ,
  • Fukutani, Katsuyuki

Volume
99
Number
8
First page
085442
Last page
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.99.085442
Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC

The adsorption of O and H atoms on the Fe3O4(111) surface was investigated using ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS) and first-principles calculations. On the FeA1-terminated surface, H adsorption decreases the work function without changing the density of states near the Fermi level. The density of states near the Fermi level decreases by O adsorption. On the O/FeA1-terminated surface, H adsorption dramatically increases the density of states near the Fermi level, indicating that the Fe 3d state is modified. The first-principles calculations showed that the electronic structure of the surface FeA on the FeA1-terminated surface is half metallic with its spin up forming an isolated spin-polarized conductive layer. By O adsorption, the up-spin band at the Fermi level of the surface FeA site is removed, and the Fermi level of the surface FeA moves to the down-spin t(2g) band. By subsequent H adsorption, electrons are doped to the FeA1 site, and the surface FeA1 layer becomes semiconducting. These results indicate that the charge and spin structure is modulated by O and H adsorption.

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.085442
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https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000459937100005&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.085442
  • ISSN : 2469-9950
  • eISSN : 2469-9969
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000459937100005

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