Growth of branched rutile TiO2 nanorod arrays on F-doped tin oxide substrate

Branched rutile TiO₂ nanorod arrays were directly synthesized on the F-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate through a two-step hydrothermal treatment by a seeding method with TiO₂-nanorods as seeds. The samples were characterized respectively by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). Results showed that TiO₂ nanorods with nanobranches (TiO₂-NB) grew vertically on the FTO substrate. XRD and HRTEM results confirmed that the TiO₂-NB arrays were single-crystalline rutile. The optical properties of the samples were studied with a UV-vis spectrometer. The photocatalytic activity of the TiO₂-NB film is better than that of P25 particulate film. Direct electrical pathway and improved light-harvesting efficiency were crucial for the superior photocatalytic activity of the TiO₂-NB arrays.     

Lattice deffects in rutile,TiO2

Abstract

Rutile, TiO₂ having relatively high melting point exhibits strong optical absorption after neutron irradiation (8 × 10¹⁶ n_r/cm²) at 15K. The band peak is located near 0. 96 μ having FWHM 0. 87 eV (at LNT). After inverse recovery at 120K, lattice defects due probably to F centers are annealed out at about 220K.     

N-Mo-W共掺杂金红石相TiO_2的第一性原理研究

基于密度泛函理论第一性原理与平面波超软赝势法是目前对物质光学性质计算的成熟手段,本文利用MS软件采取该方法对金红石相TiO_2进行了不同掺杂情况下的模拟计算.内容包括未掺杂与单掺杂Mo、单掺杂N、共掺杂Mo-N以及共掺杂N-Mo-W这五种不同情况下TiO_2的能带结构、电子态密度与光学性质分析,通过对计算得出的数据分析有以下结论:单掺杂能改变TiO_2禁带宽度,但相对于共掺杂Mo-N和W-N以及N-Mo-W来说效果欠佳.其中,掺杂W时由于在导带底中出现新的杂质能级,并出现了导带下降幅度大于价带下降幅度的情况,禁带宽度变窄,使得在单掺杂情况中效果明显.而共掺杂中N-Mo-W的价带出现清晰的杂质能级,并且由于该能级介于费米能级附近的关系使得价电子跃迁至导带更为容易,并且此时能级密度较大也是掺杂效果明显的一个重要原因.     

金红石型TiO2点缺陷性质的第一性原理研究

本文运用基于局域密度泛函和赝势的第一性原理方法研究了金红石相TiO2点缺陷的电子性质,结果表明氧空位缺陷使晶体的费米能量升高,在能隙中没有产生杂质能级.钛空位缺陷使晶体的费米能量降低,并在价带顶部产生了一个杂质能级,与价带顶能量相差约0.4 eV.本文还计算了金红石相TiO2在具有氧空位和钛空位点缺陷情况下的键长变化、态密度和电荷布居状况.     

Dual behavior of excess electrons in rutile TiO2

The behavior of electrons in the conduction band of TiO₂ and other transition‐metal oxides is key to the many applications of these materials. Experiments seem to produce conflicting results: optical and spin‐resonance techniques reveal strongly localized small polarons, while electrical measurements show high mobilities that can only be explained by delocalized free electrons. By means of hybrid functional calculations we resolve this apparent contradiction and show that small polarons can actually coexist with delocalized electrons in the conduction band of TiO₂, the former being energetically only slightly more favorable. We also find that small polarons can form complexes with oxygen vacancies and ionized shallow‐donor impurities, explaining the rich spectrum of Ti³⁺ species observed in electron spin resonance experiments. (© 2013 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Magnetic properties of TiO2 rutile implanted with Ni and Co

Single crystals of TiO₂ rutile were implanted with high fluences of Co and Ni ions, aiming at the understanding of the role of these ions in the magnetic properties of the doped oxide. Magnetization and electrical resistivity results as a function of temperature and magnetic field are presented and correlated with information obtained by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry measurements in the same samples.     

Al-N共掺杂金红石相TiO_2的第一性原理研究

本文采用了基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波超软赝势法对金红石相TiO_2进行了计算,其中内容包括未掺杂与单掺杂Al、单掺杂N以及共掺杂Al-N这四种不同情况下TiO_2的能带结构与态密度和光吸收系数的研究.计算结果表明:单掺杂Al和N时,均不同程度地改变了其能带结构,光吸收能力均有提高但效果不佳.在共掺杂Al-N时,TiO_2晶格常数产生了改变,并出现了新的杂质能级.由于杂质能级存在于TiO_2禁带范围内,减小了电子跃迁至导带所需能量,从而提高了其光吸收能力,其效果相对于单掺杂来说更有明显提高.     

Adsorption of L-cysteine on rutile TiO2(110)

We have used X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to study the adsorption of L-cysteine on a rutile TiO₂(110) surface at room temperature and ? 65 °C. For the molecules in direct contact with the surface our results suggest that the molecules bind dissociatively to the fivefold-coordinated Ti atoms of the surface through their deprotonated carboxylic groups. A second, dissociative interaction occurs between the molecular thiol groups and the surface. It is attributed to a dissociative bond to the bridging oxygen vacancies. Most likely, the thiol groups are deprotonated and a bond is formed between the thiolates and defects. In an alternative scenario, the C–S bond is cleaved and atomic sulfur binds to the defects. With regard to the molecular amino groups, they remain neutral at the lowest investigated coverages (0.3–0.5 ML), but already starting from around 0.7 ML nominal coverage protons are being transferred to them. The fraction of protonated amino groups increases with coverage and becomes dominating in multilayers prepared at room temperature and ? 65 °C. In these multilayers the carboxylic groups are deprotonated.     

Cathodic shift of onset potential on TiO2 nanorod arrays with significantly enhanced visible light photoactivity via nitrogen/cobalt co-implantation

Despite anionic doping has been widely implemented to increase the visible light activity of TiO$_{2}$, it often gives rise to a dramatical anodic shift in current onset potential. Herein, we show an effective method to achieve the huge cathodic shift of TiO$_{2}$ photoanode with significantly enhanced visible light photo-electrochemical activity by nitrogen/cobalt co-implantation. The nitrogen/cobalt co-doped TiO$_{2}$ nanorod arrays (N/Co-TiO$_{2}$) exhibit a cathodic shift of 350 mV in onset potential relative to only nitrogen-doped TiO$_{2}$ (N-TiO$_{2}$). Moreover, the visible-light ($\lambda >420 $ nm) photocurrent density of N/Co-TiO$_{2}$ reaches 0.46 mA/cm$^{2}$, far exceeding 0.07 mA/cm$^{2}$ in N-TiO$_{2}$ at 1.23 V $versus$ reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Systematic characterization studies demonstrate that the enhanced photo-electrochemical performance can be attributed to the surface synergic sputtering of high-energy nitrogen/cobalt ions.     

Doppler程序对金红石型TiO2的空位缺陷研究

金红石型TiO2是一种非常好的稀磁半导体材料,其自身的本征缺陷与室温铁磁性起源密切相关。本文利用Doppler程序在广义梯度理论（GGA）的基础上,计算了正电子在金红石型TiO2块材中不同缺陷处的湮没寿命。主要包括自由态正电子的湮没寿命,单空位和双空位处束缚态正电子的湮没寿命。并从理论上给出了含有空位缺陷时金红石型TiO2的符合多普勒展宽能谱。     

Zr-doped rutile TiO2: a nuclear quadrupole interaction study

Role of Zr atom on the quadrupole interaction of ¹⁸¹Ta in rutile TiO₂ has been investigated by time differential perturbed angular correlation (TDPAC) study. The quadrupole frequency remains same as that in the pure rutile TiO₂ but its distribution increases with the amount of Zr. This indicates a metal-metal interaction between probe atom and Zr-atom in the nearest neighbour.     

金红石型TiO_2中四种点缺陷态研究

利用第一性原理计算方法研究了金红石型TiO_2中四种缺陷的电子态.这四种缺陷包括氧空位(O_v)、钛空位(Ti_V)、钛间隙(Ti_S)以及氧空位O_v与钛间隙态Ti_S共存态.氧空位的存在导致禁带内施主缺陷能级较浅,而深施主能级与Ti间隙态有关.预测了氧空位更倾向于与钛间隙结合,主要通过钛间隙态的3d电子部分转移到近邻近氧空位的部分形成O_V-Ti_S对缺陷.具有O_v、Ti_S或O_V-Ti_S缺陷的体系都出现间隙态,促进体系出现红外吸收.     

Doppler程序对金红石型TiO_2的空位缺陷研究

金红石型Ti O2是一种非常好的稀磁半导体材料,其自身的本征缺陷与室温铁磁性起源密切相关.本文利用Doppler程序在广义梯度理论(GGA)的基础上,计算了正电子在金红石型Ti O2块材中不同缺陷处的湮没寿命.主要包括自由态正电子的湮没寿命,单空位和双空位处束缚态正电子的湮没寿命.并从理论上给出了含有空位缺陷时金红石型Ti O2的符合多普勒展宽能谱.     

Methylene bromide chemistry and photochemistry on rutile TiO2(110)

The chemistry and photochemistry of methylene bromide (CD₂Br₂) on the rutile TiO₂(110) surface was probed using temperature programmed desorption (TPD). CD₂Br₂ desorbed in three desorption states at 145, 160 and 250 K tentatively assigned to desorption from the multilayer, from an η¹-CD₂Br₂ species and a bridging η²-CD₂Br₂ species, respectively. The latter two TPD states presumably involve binding of CD₂Br₂ molecules to the surface through Br coordination at five-coordinate Ti⁴⁺ surface sites. The 160 and 250 K TPD states saturated at coverages of 1.0 and 0.33 ML, respectively, where 1 ML is equivalent to the surface Ti⁴⁺ site density (5.2 × 10¹⁴ cm^? 2). No thermal decomposition of CD₂Br₂ was observed on either the clean surface or with preadsorbed O₂. UV irradiation of CD₂Br₂ on TiO₂(110) resulted in predominately photodesorption, with trace amounts of photodecomposition evidenced in TPD. The rate of CD₂Br₂ photodesorption from TiO₂(110) occurred with a low cross section (~ 2 × 10^? 21 cm²) similar to that expected from direct optical excitation of CD₂Br₂. This observation suggests that charge carriers generated in TiO₂(110) were no more effective in activating adsorbed CD₂Br₂ molecules than would be expected through direct molecular excitation. These findings suggest that photocatalytic destruction of halocarbons such as CD₂Br₂ on TiO₂ may preferentially occur though indirect processes (such as OH radical attack) as opposed to direct electron transfer processes involving charge carriers generated in TiO₂ by bandgap excitation.