Coverage-dependent core-level binding-energy shifts of alkali-metal atoms on metal surfaces

Authors

X. Shi, University of Rhode Island
D. Tang, University of Rhode Island
D. Heskett, University of Rhode Island
K. D. Tsuei, Brookhaven National Laboratory
H. Ishida, The University of Tokyo
Y. Morikawa, The University of Tokyo
K. Terakura, The University of Tokyo

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1993

Abstract

Coverage-dependent core-level binding energies of the Na 2p level of Na adsorbed on Cu(111) and Ni(111) surfaces are measured and compared to a first-principles calculation of Na on jellium. Similar behavior of the Na 2p level for both Cu and Ni suggests a substrate-independent core-level shift mechanism. The result of a local-density-functional calculation of the electrostatic potential-energy change as a function of alkali-metal coverage allows us to separate out the contributions of initial- and final-state effects in the coverage dependence of alkali-metal core-level binding-energy shifts. © 1993 The American Physical Society.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Physical Review B

Volume

47

Issue

7

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Shi, X., D. Tang, D. Heskett, K. D. Tsuei, H. Ishida, Y. Morikawa, and K. Terakura. "Coverage-dependent core-level binding-energy shifts of alkali-metal atoms on metal surfaces." Physical Review B 47, 7 (1993): 4014-4017. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.47.4014.