Charging of Au atoms on TiO2 thin films from CO vibrational spectroscopy and DFT calculations
| Autor: | Ueli Heiz, Fabrizio Cinquini, Gianfranco Pacchioni, Anke S. Wörz |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Worz, A, Heiz, U, Cinquini, F, Pacchioni, G |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Analytical chemistry
Infrared spectroscopy chemistry.chemical_element Charge (physics) Substrate (electronics) Oxygen Surfaces Coatings and Films Adsorption chemistry ossidi superfici cluster supportati film sottili calcoli quantistici Desorption Materials Chemistry Physical chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Thin film Strong binding |
| Popis: | Au atoms have been deposited on oxidized and reduced TiO2 thin films grown on Mo(110). The gold binding sites and the occurrence of Au-TiO2 charge transfer were identified by measuring infrared spectra as a function of temperature and substrate preparation. The results have been interpreted by slab model DFT calculations. Au binds weakly to regular TiO2 sites (D-e < 0.5 eV) where it remains neutral, and diffuses easily even at low temperature until it gets trapped at strong binding sites such as oxygen vacancies (D-e = 1.7 eV). Here, a charge transfer from TiO2 to Au occurs. Audelta-CO complexes formed on oxygen vacancies easily lose CO (D-e = 0.4 eV), and the CO stretching frequency is red-shifted. On nondefective surfaces, CO adsorption induces a charge transfer from An to TiO2 with formation of strongly bound Audelta+CO complexes (D-e = 2.4 eV); the corresponding CO frequency is blue-shifted with respect to free CO. We propose possible mechanisms to reconcile the observed CO desorption around 380 K with the unusually high stability of Au-CO complexes formed on regular sites predicted by the calculations. This implies: (a) diffusion of AuCO complexes above 150 K; (b) formation of gold dimers when the diffusing AuCO complex encounters a Au atom bound to an oxygen vacancy (reduced TiO2) or a second AuCO unit (oxidized TiO2); and (c) CO desorption from the resulting dimer, occurring around 350-400 K |
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