XPS INVESTIGATIONS OF THE INTERACTIONS OF HYDROGEN WITH THIN-FILMS OF ZIRCONIUM-OXIDE .2. EFFECTS OF HEATING A 26-ANGSTROM THICK-FILM AFTER TREATMENT WITH A HYDROGEN PLASMA

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LI, YS [1 ]
WONG, PC [1 ]
MITCHELL, KAR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,DEPT CHEM,VANCOUVER,BC V6T 1Z1,CANADA
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加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1016/0169-4332(95)00032-1
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
In order to help establish the role hydrogen plays in the oxidation and reduction of zirconium oxide thin films, XPS was used to study the effects of heating a 26 Angstrom thick ZrO2 film after a hydrogen-plasma treatment. The latter treatment produced a uniform hydrogen-trapped ZrO2 film. Heating to 425 degrees C yielded a reduced suboxide, ZrOx, particularly in the deeper regions of the film, but near the surface this heating produced a zirconium state with Zr3d(5/2) binding energy at 183.4 eV, which is higher than that of ZrO2 by about 0.5 eV. This new chemical state of zirconium appears especially related to Zr-OH bonding. This result, with the observed inhomogeneity of the film, strongly suggests that either H2O or OH- species migrate to the surface region of the hydrogen-trapped ZrO2 film during the heating process.
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