Physisorption of an electron in deep surface potentials off a dielectric surface

Details Physisorption of an electron in deep surface potentials off a dielectric surface Physisorption of an electron in deep surface potentials off a dielectric surface

2011-02-03

arxiv.org/abs/1102.0632v1

Phys. Rev. B 83, 195407 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

12 pages, 7 figures

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We study phonon-mediated adsorption and desorption of an electron at dielectric surfaces with deep polarization-induced surface potentials where multi-phonon transitions are responsible for electron energy relaxation. Focusing on multi-phonon processes due to the nonlinearity of the coupling between the external electron and the acoustic bulk phonon triggering the transitions between surface states, we calculate electron desorption times for graphite, MgO, CaO, (\text{Al}_2\text{O}_3), and (\text{SiO}_2) and electron sticking coefficients for (\text{Al}_2\text{O}_3), CaO, and (\text{SiO}_2). To reveal the kinetic stages of electron physisorption, we moreover study the time evolution of the image state occupancy and the energy-resolved desorption flux. Depending on the potential depth and the surface temperature we identify two generic scenarios: (i)adsorption via trapping in shallow image states followed by relaxation to the lowest image state and desorption from that state via a cascade through the second strongly bound image state in not too deep potentials and (ii)adsorption via trapping in shallow image states but followed by a relaxation bottleneck retarding the transition to the lowest image state and desorption from that state via a one step process to the continuum in deep potentials.

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