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Institute
Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit werden mit einem Rastertunnelmikroskop (RTM) Ladungsdichtemodulationen
(LDM) auf Oberflächen von drei verschiedenen Probensystemen
untersucht. Bei den Proben handelt es sich um Chrom auf Wolfram(110), Iridiumditellurid
(IrTe2) als Volumenmaterial und Eisen auf Rhodium(001). Es werden sowohl die Temperaturabhängigkeit
der Phasenübergänge als auch die Wechselwirkung zwischen magnetischen
und elektronischen Eigenschaften analysiert.
Chrom (Cr) ist ein einfaches Übergangsmetall, in dem sowohl eine klassische Ladungsdichtewelle
(LDW) als auch eine Spindichtewelle (SDW) auftreten. Die im Experiment
betrachteten Cr-Inseln auf Wolfram(110) schlagen eine Brücke zwischen dem Volumenmaterial
und ultradünnen Schichten. Dabei zeigt sich der Zusammenhang zwischen elektronischen
und magnetischen Eigenschaften in der Ausbildung einer LDW-Lücke und dem
gleichzeitigen Verschwinden des magnetischen Kontrastes bei lokalen Schichtdicken von
dCr = 4nm. Dies kann durch eine Rotation des Spindichtewellenvektors Q erklärt werden.
Für dCr < 3nm verschwindet die LDW erneut. Zusätzlich zur LDW und SDW
entsteht aufgrund der unterschiedlichen Gitterparameter von Chrom und Wolfram bei
lokalen Schichtdicken von dCr < 3nm eine Moiré-Überstruktur.
IrTe2 ist Gegenstand zahlreicher aktueller Forschungsaktivitäten und weist eine LDM mit
gleichzeitiger Transformation des atomaren Gitters auf. Ein Phasenübergang erster Ordnung
erzeugt zunächst bei der Übergangstemperatur TC = 275K eine Modulation mit
dem Wellenvektor q = 1/5(1, 1, 0). Mithilfe temperaturabhängiger RTM-Messungen kann
das Phasendiagramm um einen weiteren Übergang erster Ordnung bei TS = 180K erweitert
werden. Dabei bilden sich zunehmend Te-Dimere an der sichtbaren (001)-Oberfläche
und IrTe2 wechselt in einen Grundzustand mit maximaler Dichte von Dimeren und dem
Wellenvektor q = 1/6(1, 1, 0). Der Mechanismus beider Phasenübergänge wird durch die
Probenqualität und die Oberflächenpräparation beeinflusst, sodass die Phasenübergänge
erster Ordnung teilweise verlangsamt ablaufen. Durch eine Analyse der Oberflächendynamik
am Phasenübergang kann der zugrundeliegende Mechanismus des Domänenwachstums
im Realraum untersucht werden.
Im letzten Teil der Arbeit werden ultradünne Eisenfilme auf Rhodium(001) betrachtet.
Dabei treten auf der Doppellage Eisen (Fe) auf Rhodium (Rh) spannungsabhängige
elektronische Modulationen mit senkrecht zueinander orientierten Wellenvektoren
q1 = [(0, 30 ± 0, 03), 0, 0] und q2 = [0, (0, 30 ± 0, 03), 0] in Richtung [100] und [010] auf.
Temperaturabhängige Messungen zeigen die stetige Verkleinerung der Modulation beim
Erwärmen der Probe und somit einen Phasenübergang zweiter Ordnung. Die LDM tritt
auch auf der dritten und vierten Lage Eisen mit gleichgerichteten aber kleineren Wellenvektoren
q auf. Spinpolarisierte RTM-Daten zeigen einen c(2×2)-Antiferromagnetismus auf
einer Monolage Eisen. Für Fe-Bedeckungen von 1ML - 5ML tritt Ferromagnetismus
perpendikular zur Oberfläche auf. Diese Messungen zeigen erstmals gleichzeitiges Auftreten
einer elektronischen und magnetischen Phase in einem reinen 3d-Übergangsmetall
im Realraum.
In this thesis, thin-film solar cells on the basis of Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 (CIGSSe) were investigated.
Until today, most high efficient CIGSSe-based solar cells use a toxic and wetchemical deposited CdS buffer layer, which doesn’t allow a dry inline production. However, a promising and well-performing alternative buffer layer, namely indium sulfide, has been found which doesn’t comprise these disadvantages. In order to shed light on these well-performing devices, the surfaces and in particular the interfaces which play a major role for the charge carrier transport are investigated in the framework of this thesis. Both, the chemical and electronic properties of the solar cells’ interfaces were characterized.
In case of the physical vapor deposition of an InxSy-based buffer layer, the cleaning step of the CdS chemical-bath deposition is not present and thus changes of the absorber surface have to be taken into account. Therefore, adsorbate formation, oxidation, and segregation of absorber elements in dependence of the storing temperature and the humidity are investigated in the first part of this thesis.
The efficiencies of CIGSSe-based solar cells with an InxSy buffer layer depend on the nominal indium concentration x and display a maximum for x = 42 %. In this thesis, InxSy samples with a nominal indium concentration of 40.2% ≤ x ≤ 43.2% were investigated by surface-sensitive and surface-near bulk-sensitive techniques, namely with photoemission spectroscopy (PES) and x-ray emission spectroscopy (XES). The surfaces of the films were found to be sulfur-poor and indium-rich in comparison with stoichiometric In2S3. Moreover, a direct determination of the band alignment at the InxSy/CISSe interface in dependence of the nominal indium concentration x was conducted with the help of PES and inverse PES (IPES) and a flat band alignment was found for x = 42 %.
In order to study the impact of a heat treatment as it occurs during subsequent cell process steps, the indium sulfide-buffered absorbers were annealed for 30 minutes under UHV conditions at 200 °C after the initial data set was taken. Besides a reported enhanced solar cell performance, a significant copper diffusion from the absorber into the buffer layer takes place due to the thermal treatment. Accordingly, the impact of the copper diffusion on the hidden InxSy/CISSe interface was discussed and for x = 40.2% a significant cliff (downwards step in the conduction band) is observed. For increasing x, the alignment in the conduction band turns into a small upwards step (spike) for the region 41% ≤ x ≤ 43.2%. This explains the optimal solar cell performance for this indium contents.
In a further step, the sodium-doped indium sulfide buffer which leads to significantly higher efficient solar cells was investigated. It was demonstrated by PES/IPES that the enhanced performance can be ascribed to a significant larger surface band gap in comparison with undoped InxSy. The occurring spike in the Na:InxSy/CISSe band alignment gets reduced due to a Se diffusion induced by the thermal treatment. Furthermore, after the thermal treatment the sodium doped indium sulfide layer experiences a copper diffusion which is reduced by more than a factor of two compared to pure InxSy.
Next, the interface between the Na:InxSy buffer layer and the i-ZnO (i = intrinsic, non-deliberately doped), as a part of the transparent front contact was analyzed. The i-ZnO/Na:InxSy interface shows significant interdiffusion, leading to the formation of, e.g., ZnS and hence to a reduction of the nominal cliff in the conduction band alignment.
In the last part of this thesis, the well-established surface-sensitive reflective electron energy loss spectroscopy (REELS) was utilized to study the CIGSSe absorber, the InxSy buffer, and annealed InxSy buffer surfaces. By fitting the characteristic inelastic scattering cross sections λK(E) with Drude-Lindhard oscillators the dielectric function was identified. The determined dielectric functions are in good agreement with values from bulk-sensitive optical measurements on indium sulfide layers. In contrast, for the chalcopyrite-based absorber significant differences appear. In particular, a substantial larger surface band gap of the CIGSSe surface of E^Ex_Gap = (1.4±0.2) eV in comparison with bulk values is determined. This provides for the first time an independent verification of earlier PES/IPES results. Finally, the electrons’ inelastic mean free paths l for the three investigated surfaces are compared for different primary energies with theoretical values and the universal curve.
In this thesis, I present a model system for carbohydrate interactions with single-crystalline Ru surfaces. Geometric and electronic properties of copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) on top of graphene on hexagonal Ru(0001), rectangular Ru(10-10) and vicinal Ru(1,1,-2,10) surfaces have been studied. First, the Fermi surfaces and band structures of the three Ru surfaces were investigated by high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The experimental data and theoretical calculations allow to derive detailed information about the momentum-resolved electronic structure. The results can be used as a reference to understand the chemical and catalytic properties of Ru surfaces. Second, graphene layers were prepared on the three different Ru surfaces. Using low-energy electron diffraction and scanning tunneling microscopy, it was found that graphene can be grown in well-ordered structures on all three surfaces, hexagonal Ru(0001), rectangular Ru(10-10) and vicinal Ru(1,1,-2,10), although they have different surface symmetries. Evidence for a strong interaction between graphene and Ru surfaces is a 1.3-1.7e V increase in the graphene pi-bands binding energy with respect to free-standing graphene sheets. This energy variation is due to the hybridization between the graphene pi bands and the Ru 4d electrons, while the lattice mismatch does not play an important role in the bonding between graphene and Ru surfaces. Finally, the geometric and electronic structures of CuPc on Ru(10-10), graphene/Ru(10-10), and graphene/Ru(0001) have been studied in detail. CuPc molecules can be grown well-ordered on Ru(10-10) but not on Ru(0001). The growth of CuPc on graphene/Ru(10-10) and Ru(0001) is dominated by the Moire pattern of graphene. CuPc molecules form well-ordered structures with rectangular unit cells on graphene/Ru(10-10) and Ru(0001). The distance of adjacent CuPc molecules is 1.5 and 1.3 nm on graphene/Ru(0001) and 1.54 and 1.37 nm on graphene/Ru(10-10). This indicates that the molecule-substrate interaction dominates over the intermolecular interaction for CuPc molecules on graphene/Ru(10-10) and graphene/Ru(0001).
This thesis focuses on the investigation of the electronic structure of amino acids and
salts in aqueous solution using X-ray spectroscopic methods. Both material groups are
of fundamental importance with regards to many physiological reactions, especially
for the Hofmeister effect which describes the solubility of proteins in salt solutions.
Hence, the investigation of the electronic structure of amino acids and the influence of
ions on the hydrogen bonding network of liquid water are important milestones to a
deeper understanding of the Hofmeister series.
Besides investigating the electronic structure of amino acids in aqueous solution,
the spectra were used to develop a building block model of the spectral fingerprints of
the functional groups and were compared to spectral signatures of suitable reference
molecules. In the framework of this thesis, it is shown that the building block approach
is a useful tool with allows the interpretation of spectral signatures of considerably
more complex molecules
In this work, the focus lies on the investigation of the occupied and unoccupied
electronic states of molecules in solid state, as well as in aqueous solution. Hereby,
different X-ray spectroscopic methods were applied. X-ray emission spectroscopy
(XES) was used to probe the occupied electronic structure of the solution, while the
unoccupied electronic structure was addressed by using X-ray absorption spectroscopy
(XAS). Finally, resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) as a combination of XAS
and XES measurements provides the combined information about the unoccupied and
occupied molecular levels. The element specific character of the three measurement
methods is a feature which allows the investigation of the local electronic structure of
a single functional group. With RIXS, also non-equivalent atoms of the same element
can be addressed separately.
Within this thesis firstly, a library of the XE spectra of all 20 proteinogenic amino
acids in zwitterionic form is presented. From this sample-set XES fingerprints of
the protonated alpha-amino group NH3+ and the deprotonated carboxylic group COO- were evaluated and used to identify the XES fingerprints of the nitrogen and oxygen
containing functional groups of the side chains of the amino acids. The data is discussed
based on a building block approach. Furthermore, the XE spectra of the functional
groups of lysine and histidine, namely the NH2 group and the C3N2H4 ring structure,
are both compared to XE spectra of suitable reference molecules (imidazole, ammonia
and methylamine). It is found that the XE and RIXS spectra of the side chains of lysine
and histidine show large similarities to the XE spectra of the reference molecules. This
agreement in the XE and RIXS spectra allows a qualitative investigation of XE and
RIXS spectra of more complex amino acids using the XE and RIXS spectra of suitable
reference molecules.
The chemical structure of histidine and proline is quite different from the structures
of the other proteinogenic amino acids. Due to the unique chemical structure of
the side chain which in both cases consists of a heterocyclic ring structure, these two
amino acids were investigated in more detail. Zubavichus et al. [1] have shown that
amino acids are decomposing while exposed to X-ray radiation of the experiment. The
damage is irreversible and molecular fragments can adsorb on the membrane of the
experimental setup. This contamination can also create a spectral signature which
then overlaps with the signal of the solution and which complicates the interpretation
of the data. To record spectra which are free from contributions of adsorbed molecular
fragments on the membrane, the adsorption behavior was investigated.
In contrast to the solid phase in which the amino acids are present as salts in one
electronic conformation, the charge state of the amino acids can be manipulated in
aqueous solution by tuning the pH-value. By doing this, all possible charge states are
accessible (cation, anion, zwitterion). In this work it is shown that also the spectra
of the different charge states can be modeled by the spectra of suitable reference
molecules using the building block approach. The spectral changes occurring upon
protonation and deprotonation of the functional groups are explored and verified by
comparing them to theoretical calculations.
The comparison with measurements of pyrrolidine show that the electronic structure
which surrounds the nitrogen atom of proline is strongly influenced by the
ring structure of the side chain. Furthermore, the proline, pyrrolidine, and histidine
molecules are also degrading during the liquid sample measurements. This can be
observed by the detection of a new spectral component which increases with the
measurement time originating from the window membrane. In all cases, the speed of
the agglomeration of molecular fragments at the membrane was observed to be highly
sensitive to the pH value of the solution.
To understand the Hofmeister series, also the impact of the salt ions have to be
investigated. In this study the influence of potassium chloride (KCl) on the hydrogen
bond network of water was studied by using non-resonantly excited XES as well as
RIXS. A decreased dissociation of hydrogen molecules and changes in the molecular
vibrations could be detected. These changes were interpreted with a molecular
reorganization of the water molecules and a decreased number of hydrogen bonds.