Structural and Optical Interplay of Palladium-Modified TiO2 Nanoheterostructure

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• 作者：Jun Li ; Tsun-Kong Sham ; Yifan Ye ; Junfa Zhu ; Jinghua Guo
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：January 29, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：119
• 期：4
• 页码：2222-2230
• 全文大小：399K
• ISSN：1932-7455

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The electronic structure and optical properties of Pd-modified TiO₂ nanotubes (NTs) with a vertically aligned nanotubular structure grown by a two-step electrochemical anodization method have been studied using X-ray spectroscopy. X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) at the Ti L_3,2- and O K-edges was used to investigate the TiO₂ NTs before and after Pd modification. It was found that Pd nanoparticles (NPs) are uniformly coated on the NT surface. The Pd L₃-edge of the deposited Pd NPs shows a more intense whiteline and a blue shift for the Pd L₃-edge absorption threshold relative to Pd metal, indicating charge depletion from the Pd 4d orbital as a result NP formation. The lattice of Pd is slightly contracted upon NP formation, although it remains fcc as revealed by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) analysis at the Pd K-edge. X-ray-excited optical luminescence (XEOL) together with XANES with element and site specificity was used to study the optical luminescence from TiO₂ NTs. It was found that the defect-originated XEOL intensity dropped noticeably in the Pd NP-coated NTs, suggesting a Pd NP鈥揟iO₂-interaction-mediated reduction in the radiative recombination of electrons and holes. Further evidence is provided by Ti 2p resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS), in which no low-energy loss features (d鈥揹 transitions) were observed. The implications of these results are discussed.