Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5358200 | Applied Surface Science | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The occupied and unoccupied electronic structure of catechol adsorbed onto two single crystal surfaces, rutile TiO2(1 1 0) and wurtzite ZnO(1 1 2¯ 0), have been investigated using UV-photoemission and inverse photoemission spectroscopies (UPS and IPS) in an ultra-high vacuum environment. To aid in assignment of the spectral features, model metal-bound catechol structures were calculated using a DFT approach. From these measurements, the energy alignment of the catechol-related states with respect to the substrates band edges is directly determined and is in good agreement with a direct injection process of the photoexcited electron into the substrate conduction band, resulting in the characteristic absorption properties of adsorbed catechol.
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Authors
Sylvie Rangan, Jean-Patrick Theisen, Eric Bersch, R.A. Bartynski,