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    Ozone sensing by In2O3 films modified with rh: Dimension effect [Articol]
    (MDPI, 2021) Korotcenkov, Ghenadii; Nehasil, Vaclav
    We considered the effect of coverage of the surface of In2O3 films with rhodium on the sensitivity of their electrophysical properties to ozone (1 ppm). The surface coverage with rhodium varied in the range of 0–0.1 ML. The In2O3 films deposited by spray pyrolysis had a thickness of 40–50 nm. The sensor response to ozone depends on the degree of rhodium coverage. This dependence has a pronounced maximum at a coverage of ~0.01 ML of Rh. An explanation is given for this effect. It is concluded that the observed changes are associated with the transition from the atomically dispersed state of rhodium to a 3D cluster state.
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    XPS study of Rh/In2O3 system [Articol]
    (Elsevier, 2021) Korotcenkov, Ghenadii; Brinzari, Vladimir; Nehasil, Vaclav
    The effect of surface modification of In2O3 films by rhodium atoms deposited by electron beam sputtering on the XP spectra is considered. The surface coverage with rhodium ranged from 0 to 0.1 ML. It was shown that the main changes in the XP spectra occur in the Rh3d region and are caused by the dimensional effect of rhodium particles. With an increase in the surface coverage with rhodium, Rh particles grow from an atomically dispersed state to relatively large clusters. As the particle size increases, its electronic structure tends to approach the state corresponding to the bulk Rh. Such a process is accompanied by a decrease in BE Rh3d5/2 by 0.3–0.6 eV, which behaviour depends on the surface structure of the used In2O3 films.