Abstract
Crystalline Si(111) surfaces have been alkylated in a two-step chlorination/alkylation process using sterically bulky alkyl groups such as (CH3)2CH - (iso-propyl), (CH3)3C - (tert-butyl), and C6H5 - (phenyl) moieties. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) data in the C Is region of such surfaces exhibited a low energy emission at 283.9 binding eV, consistent with carbon bonded to Si. The C 1s XPS data indicated that the alkyls were present at lower coverages than methyl groups on CH3-terminated Si(111) surfaces. Despite the lower alkyl group coverage, no Cl was detected after alkylation. Functionalization with the bulky alkyl groups effectively inhibited the oxidation of Si(111) surfaces in air and produced low (-1) surface recombination velocities. Transmission infrared spectroscopy indicated that the surfaces were partially H-terminated after the functionalization reaction. Application of a reducing potential, -2.5 V vs Ag+/Ag, to Cl-terminated Si(111) electrodes in tetrahydrofuran resulted in the complete elimination of Cl, as measured by XPS. The data are consistent with a mechanism in which the reaction of alkyl Grignard reagents with the Cl-terminated Si(111) surfaces involves electron transfer from the Grignard reagent to the Si, loss of chloride to solution, and subsequent reaction between the resultant silicon radical and alkyl radical to form a silicon-carbon bond. Sites sterically hindered by neighboring alkyl groups abstract a H atom to produce Si - H bonds on the surface.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 14800-14808 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry B |
| Volume | 110 |
| Issue number | 30 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 3 2006 |
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Chemical and electrical passivation of silicon (111) surfaces through functionalization with sterically hindered alkyl groups. / Nemanick, E. Joseph; Hurley, Patrick T.; Brunschwig, Bruce S.; Lewis, Nathan S.
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T1 - Chemical and electrical passivation of silicon (111) surfaces through functionalization with sterically hindered alkyl groups
AU - Nemanick, E. Joseph
AU - Hurley, Patrick T.
AU - Brunschwig, Bruce S.
AU - Lewis, Nathan S
PY - 2006/8/3
Y1 - 2006/8/3
N2 - Crystalline Si(111) surfaces have been alkylated in a two-step chlorination/alkylation process using sterically bulky alkyl groups such as (CH3)2CH - (iso-propyl), (CH3)3C - (tert-butyl), and C6H5 - (phenyl) moieties. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) data in the C Is region of such surfaces exhibited a low energy emission at 283.9 binding eV, consistent with carbon bonded to Si. The C 1s XPS data indicated that the alkyls were present at lower coverages than methyl groups on CH3-terminated Si(111) surfaces. Despite the lower alkyl group coverage, no Cl was detected after alkylation. Functionalization with the bulky alkyl groups effectively inhibited the oxidation of Si(111) surfaces in air and produced low (-1) surface recombination velocities. Transmission infrared spectroscopy indicated that the surfaces were partially H-terminated after the functionalization reaction. Application of a reducing potential, -2.5 V vs Ag+/Ag, to Cl-terminated Si(111) electrodes in tetrahydrofuran resulted in the complete elimination of Cl, as measured by XPS. The data are consistent with a mechanism in which the reaction of alkyl Grignard reagents with the Cl-terminated Si(111) surfaces involves electron transfer from the Grignard reagent to the Si, loss of chloride to solution, and subsequent reaction between the resultant silicon radical and alkyl radical to form a silicon-carbon bond. Sites sterically hindered by neighboring alkyl groups abstract a H atom to produce Si - H bonds on the surface.
AB - Crystalline Si(111) surfaces have been alkylated in a two-step chlorination/alkylation process using sterically bulky alkyl groups such as (CH3)2CH - (iso-propyl), (CH3)3C - (tert-butyl), and C6H5 - (phenyl) moieties. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) data in the C Is region of such surfaces exhibited a low energy emission at 283.9 binding eV, consistent with carbon bonded to Si. The C 1s XPS data indicated that the alkyls were present at lower coverages than methyl groups on CH3-terminated Si(111) surfaces. Despite the lower alkyl group coverage, no Cl was detected after alkylation. Functionalization with the bulky alkyl groups effectively inhibited the oxidation of Si(111) surfaces in air and produced low (-1) surface recombination velocities. Transmission infrared spectroscopy indicated that the surfaces were partially H-terminated after the functionalization reaction. Application of a reducing potential, -2.5 V vs Ag+/Ag, to Cl-terminated Si(111) electrodes in tetrahydrofuran resulted in the complete elimination of Cl, as measured by XPS. The data are consistent with a mechanism in which the reaction of alkyl Grignard reagents with the Cl-terminated Si(111) surfaces involves electron transfer from the Grignard reagent to the Si, loss of chloride to solution, and subsequent reaction between the resultant silicon radical and alkyl radical to form a silicon-carbon bond. Sites sterically hindered by neighboring alkyl groups abstract a H atom to produce Si - H bonds on the surface.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp057070i
DO - 10.1021/jp057070i
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VL - 110
SP - 14800
EP - 14808
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
SN - 1520-6106
IS - 30
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