Abstract
This paper reports an STM study of all stages of the intercalation of oxygen at the interface of a strongly coupled graphene/Ni(111) system prepared by temperature programmed growth (TPG) method. We have found that at the first stage of the intercalation at 120 °C, oxygen forms a chemisorbed layer on Ni(111) with a coverage about 0.26–0.28 ML, approximately described by the compressed p(2×2) lattice. The second stage of the intercalation is the formation of a single NiO(100) layer visualized in STM images as a specific ’square’ superstructure at the graphene/Ni(111) interface. It was also established that the rate of the oxygen intercalation at 250 ∘C is much higher than at 120 ∘C. After intercalation at 250 ∘C, STM also reveals the formation of regions with ’free-standing’ graphene, associated with the presence of a double nickel oxide layer underneath.
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