The influence of nitrogen doping on the electronic structure of the valence and conduction band in TiO2

X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) provide a unique opportunity to probe both the highest occupied and the lowest unoccupied states in matter with bulk sensitivity. In this work, a combination of valence-to-core XES and pre-edge XAS techniques are used to deter...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of synchrotron radiation. - 1994. - 26(2019), Pt 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 145-151
1. Verfasser: Wojtaszek, Klaudia (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Wach, Anna, Czapla-Masztafiak, Joanna, Tyrala, Krzysztof, Sá, Jacinto, Yıldız Özer, Lütfiye, Garlisi, Corrado, Palmisano, Giovanni, Szlachetko, Jakub
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2019
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of synchrotron radiation
Schlagworte:Journal Article TiO2 doping X-ray absorption spectroscopy X-ray emission spectroscopy electronic structure analysis
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Zusammenfassung:X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) provide a unique opportunity to probe both the highest occupied and the lowest unoccupied states in matter with bulk sensitivity. In this work, a combination of valence-to-core XES and pre-edge XAS techniques are used to determine changes induced in the electronic structure of titanium dioxide doped with nitrogen atoms. Based on the experimental data it is shown that N-doping leads to incorporation of the p-states on the occupied electronic site. For the conduction band, a decrease in population of the lowest unoccupied d-localized orbitals with respect to the d-delocalized orbitals is observed. As confirmed by theoretical calculations, the N p-states in TiO2 structure are characterized by higher binding energy than the O p-states which gives a smaller value of the band-gap energy for the doped material
Beschreibung:Date Completed 30.01.2019
Date Revised 30.01.2019
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1600-5775
DOI:10.1107/S1600577518016685