S. Lee et al., WORK FUNCTION CHANGE MEASURED BY ELECTRON-BEAM CHOPPING TECHNIQUE AS APPLIED TO OXYGEN-ADSORBED W(100) AT HIGH-TEMPERATURE, JPN J A P 1, 34(10), 1995, pp. 5797-5798
The electron beam chopping technique has enabled the true secondary el
ectrons to be extracted from the overcoming background of thermionic a
nd stray electrons, leading to a precise assessment of the work functi
on change from the measurement of the onset of the spectrum. This tech
nique was applied to the O/W(100) system at similar to 1100 K. The wor
k function has revealed a stepwise change against the oxygen exposure
time.