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Single-Molecule Vibrational Spectroscopy of H2O on Anatase TiO2(101)

Dette, Christian
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Perez-Osorio, Miguel A.
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Mangel, Shai
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2017
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C

Atomic level understanding of water on titanium dioxide (TiO2), in particular the mineral form anatase, is exceptionally important, considering its practical applications including photocatalytic water-splitting, photoinduced hydrophilicity , and water purification.(1-3) Although much effort has been devoted to the study of water adsorption and dissociation on anatase, investigating the fundamental steps of single water splitting remains challenging. These challenges arise from the difficulty of chemical identification of single molecular water and its dissociation products. Here, we have unequivocally identified single water molecules and hydroxyls on the TiO2 anatase (101) surface using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in combination with inelastic tunneling spectroscopy (IETS). Labeling of single molecules on the semiconductor surface was confirmed by demonstrating the isotope shift of the vibrational signatures and by first-principles density functional theory (DFT). The chemical identification of individual water molecules on anatase opens a direct path to follow the water splitting process on the single molecule level.

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DOI
10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b10379
Web of Science ID

WOS:000392554000023

Author(s)
Dette, Christian
Perez-Osorio, Miguel A.
Mangel, Shai
Giustino, Feliciano
Jung, Soon Jung
Kern, Klaus  
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Published in
Journal Of Physical Chemistry C
Volume

121

Issue

2

Start page

1182

End page

1187

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

OTHER

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LSEN  
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February 17, 2017
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/134518
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