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IR spectroscopy of surface water and hydroxyl species on nanocrystalline TiO2 films
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IR spectroscopy of surface water and hydroxyl species on nanocrystalline TiO2 films

K S Finnie, D J Cassidy, John R Bartlett and J L Woolfrey
Langmuir, Vol.17(3), pp.816-820
2001
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https://doi.org/10.1021/la0009240View
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Abstract

The speciation of water and hydroxyl groups bound to the surface of a nanocrystalline titania film has been investigated by in-situ infrared spectroscopy as a function of temperature. Calibration of the absorbance of the δ(H2O) mode at 1625 cm-1 by thermogravimetry has enabled an estimation of the concentration of surface H2O present during thermal dehydration of the films, which varied from 5 to 0.65 molecules per nm2 over the temperature range 27-150 °C. Two types of coordinated H2O and both terminally bound and bridging hydroxyls have been identified by the temperature-dependent behavior of their corresponding O-H stretching modes. Hydrogen bonding was observed between coordinated H2O and terminally bound hydroxyls (v(OH) = 3730 cm-1), whereas bridging hydroxyls (v(OH) = 3670 cm-1) do not appear to be affected by similar H-bonding.

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