Morphology dependent interaction between Co(II)-tetraphenylporphyrin and the MgO(100) surface


Ninova S., Malcioglu O. B., Auburger P., Franke M., Lytken O., Steinrueck H., ...Daha Fazla

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, cilt.23, sa.3, ss.2105-2116, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1039/d0cp04859c
  • Dergi Adı: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, EMBASE, INSPEC, MEDLINE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2105-2116
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Porphyrins are key elements in organic-inorganic hybrid systems for a wide range of applications. Understanding their interaction with the substrate gives a handle on structural and electronic device properties. Here we investigate a single transition-metal porphyrin, namely Co(II)-tetraphenylporphyrin (CoTPP), on the MgO(100) surface and the effect of multilayer film formation within hybrid density-functional theory and many-body perturbation theory. We focus on the relevant adsorption sites, simulate their photoemission spectra as a key fingerprint and compare with experiments on MgO(100) films on Ag(100). While we find only weak interaction between the cobalt centre and terrace sites on the MgO(100) surface, a strong interaction manifests itself with the low-coordinated sites. This leads to distinct features in both the valence and core-level regions of the electronic structure, as observed in the ultraviolet and X-ray photoemission spectra, corroborated by simulated spectra and calculated cobalt core-level shifts. Our work thus demonstrates the relevance of morphology-related low-coordinated sites and their properties in the adsorption of CoTPP on the MgO(100) surface.