Growth Behavior of Pristine and Potassium Doped Coronene Thin Films on Substrates with Tuned Coupling Strength

Xu, Chaoqiang1; Que, Yande1; Zhuang, Yuan1; Lin, Zhijun1; Wu, Xuefeng1,2; Wang, Kedong2; Xiao, Xudong1

2018-01-18

10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05140

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B   影响因子和分区

1520-6106

The growth of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecular coronene film on various substrates and the subsequent doping of potassium under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions have been systematically investigated by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS). The crystalline structures and molecular orientations of coronene thin films are both thickness-dependent and substrate-sensitive due to the competition between molecule substrate interaction and intermolecular interaction, In mono- or bilayer films, coronene molecules are flat-lying on the surface with hexagonal lattice, whereas in multilayer films, the topmost molecules are in a standing-up but tilted configuration with rectangular lattice. In particular, a 2 X 1 superstructure with respect to that of bulk coronene is formed on thick KC1 film. Furthermore, we have studied the potassium doped coronene monolayer and multilayer on Ag(100) and KCl/Ag(100) surface. For K -doped coronene monolayer, at certain doping ratio x = 3, the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of coronene film moves to the Fermi level, and a splitting of the LUMO state is observed. Increased potassium doping would result in a filled LUMO state below the Fermi level. By contrast, no well-ordered structures are obtained in the K -doped coronene multilayers which are vulnerable to rather moderate annealing processes owing to their relatively weak bonding with the supporting substrates, implying a big challenge of growth of PAH thick films in vacuum. The differences in the crystal structures of coronene thin films compared with that in bulk crystals might shed insight on the controversies in the experimental results on the electronic properties of alkali-metal-doped PAHs.

SCI ; EI

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MOST 973 Program[2014CB921402]

Chemistry

Chemistry, Physical

WOS:000423140600025

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

20180404674500

Chlorine compounds ; Electronic properties ; Fermi level ; Film growth ; Film preparation ; Molecular orbitals ; Molecules ; Monolayers ; Multilayers ; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ; Potassium ; Potassium compounds ; Scanning tunneling microscopy ; Semiconductor doping ; Substrates ; Temperature ; Thick films

Alkali Metals:549.1 ; Thermodynamics:641.1 ; Semiconducting Materials:712.1 ; Organic Compounds:804.1 ; Atomic and Molecular Physics:931.3

CHEMISTRY

Web of Science

1.Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Phys, Shatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
2.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, Peoples R China

Xu, Chaoqiang,Que, Yande,Zhuang, Yuan,et al. Growth Behavior of Pristine and Potassium Doped Coronene Thin Films on Substrates with Tuned Coupling Strength[J]. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B,2018,122(2):601-611.

Xu, Chaoqiang.,Que, Yande.,Zhuang, Yuan.,Lin, Zhijun.,Wu, Xuefeng.,...&Xiao, Xudong.(2018).Growth Behavior of Pristine and Potassium Doped Coronene Thin Films on Substrates with Tuned Coupling Strength.JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B,122(2),601-611.

Xu, Chaoqiang,et al."Growth Behavior of Pristine and Potassium Doped Coronene Thin Films on Substrates with Tuned Coupling Strength".JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 122.2(2018):601-611.