Polaron-Adsorbate Coupling at the TiO<sub>2</sub>(110)-Carboxylate Interface
Alex J. Tanner, Bo Wen, Jorge Ontaneda, Yu Zhang, Ricardo Grau‐Crespo, Helen H. Fielding, Annabella Selloni, G. Thornton
Abstract
(110) relative to acetate. Consequently, increased coupling gives rise to new photoexcitation channels via states 3.83 eV above the Fermi level. The onset of this process is 3.45 eV, likely adding to the catalytic photoyield.
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PolaronPhotoexcitationDensity functional theoryFormateAdsorptionChemical physicsSpectroscopyNanoclustersChemistryPhotoemission spectroscopyMaterials sciencePhotochemistryPhysical chemistryAtomic physicsComputational chemistryCatalysisPhysicsExcited stateNanotechnologyX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyNuclear magnetic resonanceOrganic chemistryQuantum mechanicsElectronAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesTiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells