Table 1 Experimental and DFT calculation results for the estimation of the in-plane lattice constant a and the interlayer distances dAA.

From: Photoelectron Holographic Atomic Arrangement Imaging of Cleaved Bimetal-intercalated Graphite Superconductor Surface

  

bulk (Å)

surface (Å)

XRD*

calc.

calc.

Exp. This report

Graphite

a

2.456

2.456 (0.0%)

 

1 × 1

d AA

3.348

3.356 (+0.2%)

3.348

−0.2%

3.3 ± 0.2

C0 – C1

KC8

a

4.96

4.974 (+0.3%)

5.0 ± 0.1

2 × 2

d AA

5.35

5.362 (+0.2%)

5.366

+0.1%

5.7 ± 0.3

C0 – C2

  1. *Values from reference [31] for graphite and [3] for KC8.