Adsorption of bi-isonicotinic acid on anatase TiO2(1 0 1) and (0 0 1) studied by photoemission and NEXAFS spectroscopy

A. G. Thomas, W. R. Flavell, C. Chatwin, S. Rayner, D. Tsoutsou, A. R. Kumarasinghe, D. Brete, T. K. Johal, S. Patel, J. Purton

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    Abstract

    The adsorption of bi-isonicotinic acid (2,2′-bipyridyl-4,4′- dicarboxylic acid) on the surface of anatase TiO2(1 0 1) and (0 0 1) single crystals has been investigated using XPS and NEXAFS. The searchlight effect of NEXAFS has been used to determine the adsorption geometry of BINA on these surfaces. The pyridyl rings in BINA are found to be oriented at 20° ± 3° from the surface normal on the (1 0 1) surface and at 53° ± 5° from the surface normal on the reconstructed (0 0 1) surface. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)159-168
    Number of pages9
    JournalSurface Science
    Volume592
    Issue number1-3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2005

    Keywords

    • Adsorption
    • Anatase
    • Bi-isonicotinic acid
    • NEXAFS
    • Surface
    • Synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy
    • TiO2

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