The role of atomic hydrogen and its influence on the enhancement of secondary electron emission from C(001) surfaces

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Humphreys, TP [1 ]
Thomas, RE [1 ]
Malta, DP [1 ]
Posthill, JB [1 ]
Mantini, MJ [1 ]
Rudder, RA [1 ]
Hudson, GC [1 ]
Markunas, RJ [1 ]
Pettenkofer, C [1 ]
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[1] HAHN MEITNER INST BERLIN GMBH,D-1000 BERLIN,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.118545
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The role of chemisorbed hydrogen in the enhancement of low-energy electron emission from natural type IIb C(001) diamond surfaces has been investigated. A hydrogen induced low-energy emission peak, whose intensity was found to be a linear function of surface coverage, was observed. The direct observation of emission from vacuum level states in the photoemission spectra has determined a negative electron affinity of similar to 0.4 eV for the hydrogenated C(001)-1x1 surface. Constant initial states photoemission has unambiguously identified the electron emission process with the escape of electrons from bulk electron states at the conduction-band minimum. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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