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I09 SISA: Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
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Energy: 100 - 2100 eV; 2.1 - 20 keV
34 items found for 2023 [total: 391]
Core-level binding energy shifts in ultrathin alkali-halide films on metals: KCl on Ag(100) The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 7 Dec 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c06302
Journal Paper I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Linear colossal magnetoresistance and magnetic textures in LaTiO3 thin films on SrTiO3 Physical Review B, 108 Dec 2023 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.245405
Journal Paper I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Revealing the bonding nature and electronic structure of early-transition-metal dihydrides Prx Energy, 3 Nov 2023 DOI: 10.1103/PRXEnergy.3.013003
Laser-induced crystallisation offers a quicker route to smart windows Nov 2023
Science Highlight I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Synergistic degradation mechanism in single crystal Ni-rich NMC//graphite cells Acs Energy Letters, Nov 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c01596
Properties of the ALD Zn1−xSnxOy/Cu2ZnGeS4 interface relevant for kesterite thin film solar cells Physica Status Solidi (a), Nov 2023 DOI: 10.1002/pssa.202300695
Does F4TCNQ adsorption on Cu(111) form a 2D-MOF? The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, Oct 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04927
Unraveling the electronic structure of CuSbS2 thin film photocathodes for solar-driven hydrogen evolution Science China Materials, 66 Sept 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s40843-023-2505-8
Journal Paper I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
n-type CdTe:In for photovoltaics: in situ doping, type verification and compensation effects Journal Of Physics: Energy, Sept 2023 DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/acfbf8
Understanding improved capacity retention at 4.3 V in modified single crystal Ni-rich NMC//graphite pouch cells at elevated temperature Rsc Applied Interfaces, 11 Sept 2023 DOI: 10.1039/D3LF00093A
Complex charge compensation mechanisms in lithium-rich chalcogenide cathodes Sept 2023
Thesis I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Defect chemistry of novel transparent conductors Aug 2023
Thesis I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Self-metalation of tetraphenyl porphyrin on Au(111): structural characterisation via X-ray standing wave analysis Inorganica Chimica Acta, 75 Aug 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2023.121718
Combined electrochemical, XPS, and STXM study of lithium nitride as a protective coating for lithium metal and lithium-sulfur batteries Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, Aug 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04897
Journal Paper I08-Scanning X-ray Microscopy beamline (SXM) I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis open access
Surface termination control of charge transfer and band alignment across a semiconductor–crystalline-oxide heterojunction Physical Review Materials, 7 Aug 2023 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.084604
Journal Paper I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
n-type CdTe solar cells: doping and devices Aug 2023
Thesis I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Room-temperature photoluminescence mediated by sulfur vacancies in 2D molybdenum disulfide Acs Nano, Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c02103
Probing the surface polarization of ferroelectric thin films by X-ray standing waves Jul 2023
Conference Paper I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Impact of thermal gas treatment on the surface modification of Li- rich Mn-based cathode materials for Li-ion batteries Materials Advances, Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1039/D3MA00236E
Core-level spectroscopy of photoactive materials Jul 2023
Thesis I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Domain boundary formation within an intercalated Pb monolayer featuring charge-neutral epitaxial graphene Advanced Materials Interfaces, 438 Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1002/admi.202300471
Adsorption structure of iron phthalocyanine and titanyl phthalocyanine on Cu(111) Inorganica Chimica Acta, 21 Jul 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2023.121679
Journal Paper B07-B1-Versatile Soft X-ray beamline: High Throughput ES1 I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis open access
Multi-phase sputtered TiO2-induced current-voltage distortion in Sb2Se3 solar cells Advanced Materials Interfaces, 15 June 2023 DOI: 10.1002/admi.202300238
Detailed analysis of the synthesis and structure of MAX phase (Mo0.75V0.25)5AlC4 and its MXene sibling (Mo0.75V0.25)5C4 Acs Nano, June 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c03395
Journal Paper I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Emergent and robust ferromagnetic-insulating state in highly strained ferroelastic LaCoO3 thin films Nature Communications, 14 June 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39369-6
Rapid laser-induced low temperature crystallization of thermochromic VO2 sol-gel thin films Applied Surface Science, 2 May 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157507
Capturing the dynamics of Ti diffusion across TixW1−x/Cu heterostructures using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Advanced Physics Research, 26 May 2023 DOI: 10.1002/apxr.202300008
Chiral self-organized single 2D-layers of tetramers from a functional donor-acceptor molecule by the surface template effect Nanoscale, May 2023 DOI: 10.1039/D3NR00767G
Journal Paper I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Integration of ferroelectric HfO2 onto a III-V nanowire platform Apr 2023
Thesis I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Zinc-porphine on coinage metal surfaces: adsorption configuration and ligand-induced central atom displacement The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 35 Apr 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00232
Journal Paper I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Computational prediction of molecule-metal charge transfer dynamics in surface-mounted molecular switches Apr 2023
Thesis I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Oxygen-redox activity in non-lithium-excess tungsten-doped LiNiO2 cathode Prx Energy, 2 Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1103/PRXEnergy.2.013005
Journal Paper I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis I21-Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS) open access
The electronic structure of β-TeO 2 as wide bandgap p-type oxide semiconductor Applied Physics Letters, 122 Mar 2023 DOI: 10.1063/5.0142734
Journal Paper I09-Surface and Interface Structural Analysis
Interphase formation with carboxylic acids as slurry additives for Si electrodes in Li-ion batteries. Part 2: a photoelectron spectroscopy study Journal Of Physics: Energy, Feb 2023 DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/acbbee
- Séverine Le Moal, Ina Krieger, Roman Kremring, Simon Weiss, Xiaosheng Yang, Serguei Soubatch, F. Stefan Tautz, Mathieu Silly, Andrei G. Borisov, Moritz Sokolowski, Eric Le Moal, "Core-level binding energy shifts in ultrathin alkali-halide films on metals: KCl on Ag(100)", The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 7 (2023), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c06302
- Teresa Tschirner, Berengar Leikert, Felix Kern, Daniel Wolf, Axel Lubk, Martin Kamp, Kirill Miller, Fabian Hartmann, Sven Höfling, Judith Gabel, Matthias Schmitt, Martin Stuebinger, Julia Küspert, Tien-Lin Lee, Bernd Büchner, Joseph Dufouleur, Marc Gabay, Michael Sing, Ralph Claessen, Louis Veyrat, "Linear colossal magnetoresistance and magnetic textures in LaTiO3 thin films on SrTiO3", Physical Review B, 108 (2023), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.245405
- Curran Kalha, Laura E. Ratcliff, Giorgio Colombi, Christoph Schlueter, Bernard Dam, Andrei Gloskovskii, Tien-Lin Lee, Pardeep K. Thakur, Prajna Bhatt, Yujiang Zhu, Jürg Osterwalder, Francesco Offi, Giancarlo Panaccione, Anna Regoutz, "Revealing the bonding nature and electronic structure of early-transition-metal dihydrides", Prx Energy, 3 (2023), DOI: 10.1103/PRXEnergy.3.013003
- [Science Highlight] Diamond Light Source, "Laser-induced crystallisation offers a quicker route to smart windows" (2023)
- Galo J. Paez Fajardo, Eleni Fiamegkou, James A. Gott, Heng Wang, Israel Temprano, Ieuan D. Seymour, Matthew J. W. Ogley, Ashok S. Menon, Ifan E. L. Stephens, Muhammad Ans, Tien-Lin Lee, Pardeep K. Thakur, Wesley M. Dose, Michaël F. L. De Volder, Clare P. Grey, Louis F. J. Piper, "Synergistic degradation mechanism in single crystal Ni-rich NMC//graphite cells", Acs Energy Letters (2023), DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c01596
- Natalia M. Martin, Nishant Saini, Melike Babucci, Tobias Torndahl, "Properties of the ALD Zn1−xSnxOy/Cu2ZnGeS4 interface relevant for kesterite thin film solar cells", Physica Status Solidi (a) (2023), DOI: 10.1002/pssa.202300695
- P. Ding, M. Braim, A. L. Hobson, L. A. Rochford, P. T. P. Ryan, D. A. Duncan, T.-L. Lee, H. Hussain, G. Costantini, M. Yu, D. P. Woodruff, "Does F4TCNQ adsorption on Cu(111) form a 2D-MOF?", The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C (2023), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04927
- Jingwen Qian, Yu Zhao, Pengju Zhao, Haoran Cheng, Jan Philipp Hofmann, Kelvin H. L. Zhang, "Unraveling the electronic structure of CuSbS2 thin film photocathodes for solar-driven hydrogen evolution", Science China Materials, 66, 3530 - 3538 (2023), DOI: 10.1007/s40843-023-2505-8
- Theodore D. C. Hobson, Luke Thomas, Laurie J, Phillips, Leanne A. H. Jones, Matthew J. Smiles, Christopher H. Don, Pardeep K. Thakur, Huw Shiel, Stephen Campbell, Vincent Barrioz, Vin Dhanak, Tim Veal, Jonathan D. Major, Ken Durose, "n-type CdTe:In for photovoltaics: in situ doping, type verification and compensation effects", Journal Of Physics: Energy (2023), DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/acfbf8
- Galo J. Paez Fajardo, Meltiani Belekoukia, Satish Bolloju, Eleni Fiamegkou, Ashok S. Menon, Zachary Ruff, Zonghao Shen, Nickil Shah, Erik Bjorklund, Mateusz Jan Zuba, Tien-Lin Lee, Pardeep K. Thakur, Robert S. Weatherup, Ainara Aguadero, Melanie J. Loveridge, Clare Grey, Louis F. J. Piper, "Understanding improved capacity retention at 4.3 V in modified single crystal Ni-rich NMC//graphite pouch cells at elevated temperature", Rsc Applied Interfaces, 11 (2023), DOI: 10.1039/D3LF00093A
- [Thesis] Joshua Joseph Zak, "Complex charge compensation mechanisms in lithium-rich chalcogenide cathodes" (2023)
- [Thesis] Joe Willis, "Defect chemistry of novel transparent conductors" (2023)
- Eleanor S. Frampton, Matthew Edmondson, Chris J. Judd, David A. Duncan, Robert G. Jones, Alex Saywell, "Self-metalation of tetraphenyl porphyrin on Au(111): structural characterisation via X-ray standing wave analysis", Inorganica Chimica Acta, 75 (2023), DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2023.121718
- Samuel D. S. Fitch, Gilles E. Moehl, Nina Meddings, Sacha Fop, Samantha Soule, Tien-Lin Lee, Majid Kazemian, Nuria Garcia-Araez, Andrew L. Hector, "Combined electrochemical, XPS, and STXM study of lithium nitride as a protective coating for lithium metal and lithium-sulfur batteries", Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces (2023), DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04897
- Matthew Chrysler, Judith Gabel, Tien-Lin Lee, Zihua Zhu, Tiffany C. Kaspar, Mark Bowden, Peter V. Sushko, Scott A. Chambers, Joseph H. Ngai, "Surface termination control of charge transfer and band alignment across a semiconductor–crystalline-oxide heterojunction", Physical Review Materials, 7 (2023), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.084604
- [Thesis] Luke Thomas, "n-type CdTe solar cells: doping and devices" (2023)
- Yiru Zhu, Juhwan Lim, Zhepeng Zhang, Yan Wang, Soumya Sarkar, Hugh Ramsden, Yang Li, Han Yan, Dibya Phuyal, Nicolas Gauriot, Akshay Rao, Robert L. Z. Hoye, Goki Eda, Manish Chhowalla, "Room-temperature photoluminescence mediated by sulfur vacancies in 2D molybdenum disulfide", Acs Nano (2023), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c02103
- [Conference Paper] Giuseppe Mercurio, Le Phuong Hoang, Irena Spasojević, Tien-Lin Lee, David Pesquera, Kai Rossnagel, Jorg Zegenhagen, Gustau Catalan, Ivan Vartanyants, Andreas Scherz, "Probing the surface polarization of ferroelectric thin films by X-ray standing waves" (2023)
- Maximilian Mellin, Zhili Liang, Hadar Sclar, Sandipan Maiti, Igor Píš, Silvia Nappini, Elena Magnano, Federica Bondino, Ilargi Nappal, Robert Eilhardt, René Hausbrand, Jan P. Hofmann, Lambert Alff, Boris Markovsky, Doron Aurbach, Wolfram Jaegermann, Gennady Cherkashinin, "Impact of thermal gas treatment on the surface modification of Li- rich Mn-based cathode materials for Li-ion batteries", Materials Advances (2023), DOI: 10.1039/D3MA00236E
- [Thesis] Jack R. Hart, "Core-level spectroscopy of photoactive materials" (2023)
- Philip Schädlich, Chitran Ghosal, Monja Stettner, Bharti Matta, Susanne Wolff, Franziska Schölzel, Peter Richter, Mark Hutter, Anja Haags, Sabine Wenzel, Zamin Mamiyev, Julian Koch, Serguei Soubatch, Philipp Rosenzweig, Craig Polley, Frank Stefan Tautz, Christian Kumpf, Kathrin Küster, Ulrich Starke, Thomas Seyller, Francois C. Bocquet, Christoph Tegenkamp, "Domain boundary formation within an intercalated Pb monolayer featuring charge-neutral epitaxial graphene", Advanced Materials Interfaces, 438 (2023), DOI: 10.1002/admi.202300471
- Matthew A. Stoodley, Benedikt P. Klein, Michael Clarke, Leon B. S. Williams, Luke A. Rochford, Pilar Ferrer, David C. Grinter, Alex Saywell, David A. Duncan, "Adsorption structure of iron phthalocyanine and titanyl phthalocyanine on Cu(111)", Inorganica Chimica Acta, 21 (2023), DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2023.121679
- Christopher H. Don, Thomas P. Shalvey, Matthew J. Smiles, Luke Thomas, Laurie J. Phillips, Theodore D. C. Hobson, Harry Finch, Leanne A. H. Jones, Jack E. N. Swallow, Nicole Fleck, Christopher Markwell, Pardeep K. Thakur, Tien-Lin Lee, Deepnarayan Biswas, Leon Bowen, Benjamin A. D. Williamson, David O. Scanlon, Vinod R. Dhanak, Ken Durose, Tim D. Veal, Jonathan D. Major, "Multi-phase sputtered TiO2-induced current-voltage distortion in Sb2Se3 solar cells", Advanced Materials Interfaces, 15 (2023), DOI: 10.1002/admi.202300238
- Rose M. Snyder, Mikkel Juelsholt, Curran Kalha, Jason Holm, Elisabeth Mansfield, Tien-Lin Lee, Pardeep K. Thakur, Aysha A. Riaz, Benjamin Moss, Anna Regoutz, Christina S. Birkel, "Detailed analysis of the synthesis and structure of MAX phase (Mo0.75V0.25)5AlC4 and its MXene sibling (Mo0.75V0.25)5C4", Acs Nano (2023), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c03395
- Dong Li, Hongguang Wang, Kaifeng Li, Bonan Zhu, Kai Jiang, Dirk Backes, Larissa S. I. Veiga, Jueli Shi, Pinku Roy, Ming Xiao, Aiping Chen, Quanxi Jia, Tien-Lin Lee, Sarnjeet S. Dhesi, David O. Scanlon, Judith L. Macmanus-Driscoll, Peter A. Van Aken, Kelvin H. L. Zhang, Weiwei Li, "Emergent and robust ferromagnetic-insulating state in highly strained ferroelastic LaCoO3 thin films", Nature Communications, 14 (2023), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39369-6
- Maria Basso, Elena Colusso, Chiara Carraro, Curran Kalha, Aysha A. Riaz, Giada Bombardelli, Enrico Napolitani, Yu Chen, Jacek Jasieniak, Laura E. Ratcliff, Pardeep K. Thakur, Tien-Lin Lee, Anna Regoutz, Alessandro Martucci, "Rapid laser-induced low temperature crystallization of thermochromic VO2 sol-gel thin films", Applied Surface Science, 2 (2023), DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157507
- Curran Kalha, Pardeep K. Thakur, Tien-Lin Lee, Michael Reisinger, Johannes Zechner, Michael Nelhiebel, Anna Regoutz, "Capturing the dynamics of Ti diffusion across TixW1−x/Cu heterostructures using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy", Advanced Physics Research, 26 (2023), DOI: 10.1002/apxr.202300008
- Anna J. Kny, Max Reimer, Noah Al-Shamery, Ritu Tomar, Thomas Bredow, Selina Olthof, Dirk Hertel, Klaus Meerholz, Moritz Sokolowski, "Chiral self-organized single 2D-layers of tetramers from a functional donor-acceptor molecule by the surface template effect", Nanoscale (2023), DOI: 10.1039/D3NR00767G
- [Thesis] Anton Persson, "Integration of ferroelectric HfO2 onto a III-V nanowire platform" (2023)
- Aleksandr Baklanov, Johannes T. Kuchle, David A. Duncan, Reinhard J. Maurer, Martin Schwarz, Eduardo Corral Rascon, Ignacio Piquero-Zulaica, Huynh Thien Ngo, Alexander Riss, Francesco Allegretti, Willi Auwärter, Paul T. P. Ryan, "Zinc-porphine on coinage metal surfaces: adsorption configuration and ligand-induced central atom displacement", The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 35 (2023), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00232
- [Thesis] Martin R. Lea, "Computational prediction of molecule-metal charge transfer dynamics in surface-mounted molecular switches" (2023)
- A. S. Menon, B. J. Johnston, S. G. Booth, L. Zhang, K. Kress, B. E. Murdock, G. Paez Fajardo, N. N. Anthonisamy, N. Tapia-Ruiz, S. Agrestini, M. Garcia-Fernandez, K. Zhou, P. K. Thakur, T. L. Lee, A. J. Nedoma, S. A. Cussen, L. F. J. Piper, "Oxygen-redox activity in non-lithium-excess tungsten-doped LiNiO2 cathode", Prx Energy, 2 (2023), DOI: 10.1103/PRXEnergy.2.013005
- Jueli Shi, Ziqian Sheng, Ling Zhu, Xiangyu Xu, Yun Gao, Dingliang Tang, Kelvin H. L. Zhang, "The electronic structure of β-TeO 2 as wide bandgap p-type oxide semiconductor", Applied Physics Letters, 122 (2023), DOI: 10.1063/5.0142734
- Fabian Jeschull, Hieu Quang Pham, Ahmad Ghamlouche, Pardeep K. Thakur, Sigita Trabesinger, Julia Maibach, "Interphase formation with carboxylic acids as slurry additives for Si electrodes in Li-ion batteries. Part 2: a photoelectron spectroscopy study", Journal Of Physics: Energy (2023), DOI: 10.1088/2515-7655/acbbee
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