Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2007-03-02
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
15 pages, 3 figures, submitted to J. Phys. Chem. B
Scientific paper
The passivation by diffusing H2 of silicon dangling bond defects (E' centers, induced by laser irradiation in amorphous SiO_2 (silica), is investigated in situ at several temperatures. It is found that the reaction between E' center and H_2 requires an activation energy of 0.38eV, and that its kinetics is not diffusion-limited. The results are compared with previous findings on the other fundamental paramagnetic point defect in silica, the non bridging oxygen hole center, which features completely different reaction properties with H_2. Besides, a comparison is proposed with literature data on the reaction properties of surface E' centers, of E' centers embedded in silica films, and with theoretical calculations. In particular, the close agreement with the reaction properties of surface E' centers with H_2 leads to conclude that the bulk and surface E' varieties are indistinguishable from their reaction properties with molecular hydrogen.
Cannas Marco
Messina Fabrizio
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