Microfaceting explains complicated structures on rutile TiO2 surfaces |
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Authors: | Kubo Toshitaka Sayama Kazuhiro Nozoye Hisakazu |
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Affiliation: | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5-2, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan. t-kubo@aist.go.jp |
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Abstract: | Surface structures on rutile TiO2 (001) have been studied by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and density functional calculations. Prior investigations have observed many kinds of complicated surface structures; however, detailed atomic structures and the mechanism of the reconstructions are still unknown. We evaluate the energetical stability of the surface structures. The calculational results suggest that a [111] microfaceting model is energetically stable compared with the unreconstructed (1 x 1) model. We propose microfaceting structural models that are in good agreement with atomically resolved STM images. This structural concept can be extended to other rutile TiO2 surfaces in general. |
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