In situ atomic-scale imaging of the metal/oxide interfacial transformation

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 307 - 8
• Main Authors: Zou, Lianfeng, Li, Jonathan, Zakharov, Dmitri, Stach, Eric A., Zhou, Guangwen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 21.08.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/301/119/544; 639/301/357/537; 639/301/357/551; 639/301/930/328/2082; Catalysis; Copper; Copper oxides; Cu oxidation; Cu reduction; DFT calculations; Electron microscopy; environmental transmission electron microscopy; Evolution; Humanities and Social Sciences; Interfaces; MATERIALS SCIENCE; metal oxide interfaces; Metal oxides; Morphology; multidisciplinary; Redox reactions; Scale (corrosion); Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Thin films; Transmission electron microscopy

Directly probing structure dynamics at metal/oxide interfaces has been a major challenge due to their buried nature. Using environmental transmission electron microscopy, here we report observations of the in-place formation of Cu 2 O/Cu interfaces via the oxidation of Cu, and subsequently probe the...