Title: | Chemical Instability of an Interface between Silver and Bi2Se3 Topological Insulator at Room Temperature |
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Authors: | Ferfolja, Katja (Author) Valant, Matjaž (Author) Mikulska, Iuliia (Author) Gardonio, Sandra (Author) Fanetti, Mattia (Author) |
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Language: | English |
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Work type: | Not categorized (r6) |
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Tipology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica |
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Abstract: | Understanding an interaction at an interface between a topological insulator and a metal is of critical importance when designing electronic and spintronic devices or when such systems are used in catalysis. In this paper, we report on a chemical instability of the interface between Bi2Se3 and Ag studied by X-ray powder diffraction and electron microscopy. We present strong experimental evidence of a redox solid-state reaction occurring at the interface with kinetics that is significant already at room temperature. The reaction yields Ag2Se, AgBiSe2, and Bi. The unexpected room-temperature chemical instability of the interface should be considered for all future theoretical and applicative studies involving the interface between Bi2Se3 and Ag. |
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Keywords: | topological insulators, Ag, thin metal films, interfaces, redox reaction |
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Year of publishing: | 2018 |
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Number of pages: | 9980-9984 |
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Numbering: | 122 |
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COBISS_ID: | 5205243  |
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URN: | URN:SI:UNG:REP:MCWSSWH4 |
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DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b01543  |
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License: |  This work is available under this license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International |
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