Byrne, C;
Zahra, KM;
Dhaliwal, S;
Grinter, DC;
Roy, K;
Garzon, WQ;
Held, G;
... Walton, A; + view all
(2021)
A Combined Laboratory and Synchrotron In-Situ Photoemission Study of the Rutile TiO2 (110) / Water Interface.
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
10.1088/1361-6463/abddfb.
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Abstract
In-situ analysis of the TiO2 / water interface via NAP-XPS is demonstrated in both a lab based system (NAP-cell configuration) and synchrotron endstation (backfill configuration). Ultra-thin wetting layers (UTWL) of liquid water (~10 nm) are formed on a rutile TiO2 surface with minimal contamination present in addition to unique insight during the growth of the liquid films as indicated via NAP-XPS, in-situ sample temperature and background vapour pressure monitoring. Chemical changes at the solid / liquid interface are also demonstrated via healing of Ti3+ surface defect states. Photon depth profiling of the as grown liquid layers indicate that the formed films are ultra-thin (~10 nm) and likely to be continuous in nature. This work demonstrates a novel and flexible approach for studying the solid / liquid interface via NAP-XPS which is readily integrated with any form of NAP-XPS system, thereby making a critical interface of study available to a wide audience of researchers for use in operando electrochemical and photocatalytic research.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | A Combined Laboratory and Synchrotron In-Situ Photoemission Study of the Rutile TiO2 (110) / Water Interface |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1361-6463/abddfb |
| Publisher version: | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-64... |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10120177 |
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