Abstract
We have investigated the 3×3 reconstruction of the 6H–SiC(0001) surface with angle-resolved direct and inverse photoemission (ARUPS and IPES). The surface was prepared by heating the sample in a Si flux and showed an excellent 3×3 LEED pattern. In the ARUPS spectra, three occupied surface states were found at the energies 0.5 eV, 1.5 eV and 1.9 eV below E F. In the IPES spectra, an unoccupied dispersionless surface state was observed at 0.5 eV above E F. Thereby, the reconstruction has a semiconducting character with a surface bandgap of 1.0 eV. This result agrees well with recent theoretical results that predict strong electron-correlation effects, leading to a Mott–Hubbard ground state.
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