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_id: '61351'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: AbstractThe interaction of water molecules
with semiconductor surfaces is relevant to various optoelectronic phenomena and
physicochemical processes. Despite advances in fundamental understanding of water‐exposed
surfaces, the detailed time‐ and energy‐resolved behavior of excited electrons
remains largely unexplored. Here, the effects of water exposure on the near‐surface
electron dynamics of phosphorus‐terminated p(2×2)/c(4×2)‐reconstructed indium
phosphide (100) (P‐rich InP) are studied experimentally and matched to theoretical
calculations. The P‐rich InP surface, consisting of H‐passivated P‐dimers, serves
as a model for other P‐containing III‐V semiconductors such as gallium phosphide
(GaP) or aluminum indium phosphide (AlInP). Electron dynamics near the surface
are probed with femtosecond resolution using time‐resolved two‐photon photoemission
(tr‐2PPE), a pump‐probe spectroscopic technique. Pulsed water exposure preserves
electronic states and significantly increases lifetimes at the conduction band
minimum (CBM). Density‐functional theory (DFT) calculations attribute these findings
to suppression of surface vibrational modes in the top P‐layer by water exposure,
reducing electronic transition probabilities of near‐band‐gap surface states.
The results suggest that many near‐surface state lifetimes reported in ultra‐high
vacuum may change significantly upon electrolyte exposure. These states may thus
contribute more strongly to surface reactions than traditionally assumed. Demonstrating
this effect for the technologically relevant P‐rich InP surface opens new opportunities
in this underexplored area of surface electrochemistry.
article_number: e00463
author:
- first_name: Jonathan
full_name: Diederich, Jonathan
last_name: Diederich
- first_name: Agnieszka
full_name: Paszuk, Agnieszka
last_name: Paszuk
- first_name: Isaac Azahel
full_name: Ruiz Alvarado, Isaac Azahel
id: '79462'
last_name: Ruiz Alvarado
orcid: 0000-0002-4710-1170
- first_name: Marvin
full_name: Krenz, Marvin
last_name: Krenz
- first_name: Mohammad Amin
full_name: Zare Pour, Mohammad Amin
last_name: Zare Pour
- first_name: Diwakar Suresh
full_name: Babu, Diwakar Suresh
last_name: Babu
- first_name: Jennifer
full_name: Velazquez Rojas, Jennifer
last_name: Velazquez Rojas
- first_name: Christian
full_name: Höhn, Christian
last_name: Höhn
- first_name: Yuying
full_name: Gao, Yuying
last_name: Gao
- first_name: Klaus
full_name: Schwarzburg, Klaus
last_name: Schwarzburg
- first_name: David
full_name: Ostheimer, David
last_name: Ostheimer
- first_name: Rainer
full_name: Eichberger, Rainer
last_name: Eichberger
- first_name: Wolf Gero
full_name: Schmidt, Wolf Gero
id: '468'
last_name: Schmidt
orcid: 0000-0002-2717-5076
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Hannappel, Thomas
last_name: Hannappel
- first_name: Roel van
full_name: de Krol, Roel van
last_name: de Krol
- first_name: Dennis
full_name: Friedrich, Dennis
last_name: Friedrich
citation:
ama: Diederich J, Paszuk A, Ruiz Alvarado IA, et al. Ultrafast Electron Dynamics
at the Water‐Modified InP(100) Surface. Advanced Materials Interfaces.
2025;12(16). doi:10.1002/admi.202500463
apa: Diederich, J., Paszuk, A., Ruiz Alvarado, I. A., Krenz, M., Zare Pour, M. A.,
Babu, D. S., Velazquez Rojas, J., Höhn, C., Gao, Y., Schwarzburg, K., Ostheimer,
D., Eichberger, R., Schmidt, W. G., Hannappel, T., de Krol, R. van, & Friedrich,
D. (2025). Ultrafast Electron Dynamics at the Water‐Modified InP(100) Surface.
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 12(16), Article e00463. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202500463
bibtex: '@article{Diederich_Paszuk_Ruiz Alvarado_Krenz_Zare Pour_Babu_Velazquez
Rojas_Höhn_Gao_Schwarzburg_et al._2025, title={Ultrafast Electron Dynamics at
the Water‐Modified InP(100) Surface}, volume={12}, DOI={10.1002/admi.202500463},
number={16e00463}, journal={Advanced Materials Interfaces}, publisher={Wiley},
author={Diederich, Jonathan and Paszuk, Agnieszka and Ruiz Alvarado, Isaac Azahel
and Krenz, Marvin and Zare Pour, Mohammad Amin and Babu, Diwakar Suresh and Velazquez
Rojas, Jennifer and Höhn, Christian and Gao, Yuying and Schwarzburg, Klaus and
et al.}, year={2025} }'
chicago: Diederich, Jonathan, Agnieszka Paszuk, Isaac Azahel Ruiz Alvarado, Marvin
Krenz, Mohammad Amin Zare Pour, Diwakar Suresh Babu, Jennifer Velazquez Rojas,
et al. “Ultrafast Electron Dynamics at the Water‐Modified InP(100) Surface.” Advanced
Materials Interfaces 12, no. 16 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202500463.
ieee: 'J. Diederich et al., “Ultrafast Electron Dynamics at the Water‐Modified
InP(100) Surface,” Advanced Materials Interfaces, vol. 12, no. 16, Art.
no. e00463, 2025, doi: 10.1002/admi.202500463.'
mla: Diederich, Jonathan, et al. “Ultrafast Electron Dynamics at the Water‐Modified
InP(100) Surface.” Advanced Materials Interfaces, vol. 12, no. 16, e00463,
Wiley, 2025, doi:10.1002/admi.202500463.
short: J. Diederich, A. Paszuk, I.A. Ruiz Alvarado, M. Krenz, M.A. Zare Pour, D.S.
Babu, J. Velazquez Rojas, C. Höhn, Y. Gao, K. Schwarzburg, D. Ostheimer, R. Eichberger,
W.G. Schmidt, T. Hannappel, R. van de Krol, D. Friedrich, Advanced Materials Interfaces
12 (2025).
date_created: 2025-09-18T11:03:16Z
date_updated: 2025-09-18T11:06:59Z
department:
- _id: '15'
- _id: '170'
- _id: '295'
- _id: '35'
- _id: '230'
- _id: '27'
- _id: '429'
doi: 10.1002/admi.202500463
intvolume: ' 12'
issue: '16'
language:
- iso: eng
project:
- _id: '53'
name: 'TRR 142: Maßgeschneiderte nichtlineare Photonik: Von grundlegenden Konzepten
zu funktionellen Strukturen'
- _id: '55'
name: TRR 142 - Project Area B
- _id: '168'
name: TRR 142 - Polaronen-Einfluss auf die optischen Eigenschaften von Lithiumniobat
(B07*)
- _id: '52'
name: Computing Resources Provided by the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing
publication: Advanced Materials Interfaces
publication_identifier:
issn:
- 2196-7350
- 2196-7350
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
status: public
title: Ultrafast Electron Dynamics at the Water‐Modified InP(100) Surface
type: journal_article
user_id: '16199'
volume: 12
year: '2025'
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