UNSPECIFIED. (2004) Structure determination of formic acid reaction products on TiO2(110). JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 108 (38). pp. 14316-14323. ISSN 1520-6106

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Abstract

Using chemical-state-specific scanned-energy-mode photoelectron diffraction (PhD) from O 1s and C 1s photoemission, we have determined the local structure of the surface species produced on the rutile TiO2(110) surface as a result of room temperature exposure to formic acid. The results show clear evidence for the coexistence of formate, HCOO, and hydroxyl, OH, surface species. The formate species is aligned along [001], bridging an adjacent pair of surface 5-fold-coordinated Ti atoms with the formate O atoms nearly atop the Ti atoms with a Ti-O bond length of 2.08 +/- 0.03 Angstrom, consistent with scanning tunneling microscopy observations, a number of theoretical calculations, and an earlier very restricted PhD study. The hydroxyl species are formed by H attachment to the surface bridging O atoms and have a Ti-O bond length of 2.02 +/- 0.05 Angstrom, significantly longer than for the bridging oxygen atoms on a bulk-terminated surface or as previously reported for the clean surface. Our results exclude the possibility of a large (1/3) fractional occupation by the formate species of a second site azimuthally rotated by 90degrees and bonded to a surface oxygen vacancy site, as proposed in some earlier infrared and X-ray absorption spectroscopic studies. A much smaller concentration of such a second species cannot be excluded.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Journal or Publication Title:	JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Publisher:	AMER CHEMICAL SOC
ISSN:	1520-6106
Date:	23 September 2004
Volume:	108
Number:	38
Number of Pages:	8
Page Range:	pp. 14316-14323
Identification Number:	10.1021/jp049833s
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/7994

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