通过双光子光电子的方法探测了TiO2(011)-(2×1)和TiO2(110)-(1×1)表面的光催化氧化甲酵的性质.在吸附了甲醇的二氧化钛(011)和(110)界面处探测到了一个费米能级以上2.5eV的电子激发态,该电子激发态可作为测试二氧化钛界面还原性的探针使用.利用此探针在甲醇/TiO2(011)-(2×1)和甲醇/TiO2(110)-(1×1)界面探测到了一个随光照时间的电子激发态信号变化,这一变化可以归于光催化生成的表面羟基对界面还原性的影响.由此得出的光催化氧化甲醇的速率TiO2(110)-(1×1)比TiO2(011)-(2×1)快了大约11.4倍.这可能由于表面原子结构排布的原因不同.本工作不仅介绍了一个利用双光子光电子能谱探测到的甲醇/TiO2界面电子结构的细节特征,还揭示了表面结构对二氧化钛光反应性质的重要影响.关键词:二氧化钛,电子激发态,双光子光电子能谱,
The crystal phase, morphology and facet significantly influence the catalytic and photocat- alytic activity of TiO2. In view of optimizing the performance of catalysts, extensive efforts have been devoted to designing new sophisticate TiO2 structures with desired facet exposure, necessitating the understanding of chemical properties of individual surface. In this work, we have examined the photooxidation of methanol on TiO 2 (011)- ( 2 × 1 ) and TiO 2 (110) - (1 ×1) by two-photon photoemission spectroscopy (2PPE). An excited state at 2.5 eV above the Fermi level (EF) on methanol covered (011) and (110) interface has been detected. The excited state is an indicator of reduction of TiO2 interface. Irradiation dependence of the excited resonance signal during the photochemistry of methanol on TiO2(011)-(2×1) and TiO2(110)-(1× 1) is ascribed to the interface reduction by producing surface hydroxyls. The reaction rate of photooxidation of methanol on TiO2(110)-(1× 1) is about 11.4 times faster than that on TiO2(011)-(2×1), which is tentatively explained by the difference in the surface atomic configuration. This work not only provides a detailed characterization of the electronic structure of methanol/TiO2 interface by 2PPE, but also shows the importance of the surface structure in the photoreactivity on TiO2.