Issue 16, 2000
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Effects of organic vapour adsorption on the photoelectron emission from Au thin films in atmospheric air

Kei Inumaru,*a   Yasuo Okubo,a   Toshiaki Fujiib  and  Shoji Yamanakaac  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima Uniersity, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
E-mail: inumaru@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

b Centre for Technology Deelopment, Ebara Research Co., Ltd, 4-2-1 Honfujisawa, Fujisawa, Japan

c CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan

Abstract

Photoelectron emission from Au thin films was measured in ambient atmosphere with the presence of various kinds of organic vapours under irradiation of ultaviolet light (254 nm). The photoelectron emission was greatly influenced by the introduction of certain vapours. The observed effects were classified into three types. (i) Alkenes such as cyclohexene gave a large increase of photoelectron current with O2 in the atmosphere. (ii) Ethanol and water showed moderate and quick increases of the current irrespective of the presence of oxygen. (iii) Acetone reduced the photoelectron current irreversibly to near zero. The work function of Au thin films changed considerably upon the introduction of vapours: a decrease with cyclohexene and an increase with acetone. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis demonstrated that molecular oxygen reacted with cyclohexene to form an oxygenated species on the Au thin films under the irradiation of UV light, which appeared to induce the decrease of the work function of the films.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B003225P
Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Apr 2000
Accepted
23 Jun 2000
First published
20 Jul 2000

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2000,2, 3681-3685

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Effects of organic vapour adsorption on the photoelectron emission from Au thin films in atmospheric air

K. Inumaru, Y. Okubo, T. Fujii and S. Yamanaka, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2000, 2, 3681 DOI: 10.1039/B003225P

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