Abstract
We have investigated the surface photochemical properties of Fe “doped” and (Fe,N) codoped homoepitaxial rutile TiO2(110) films grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Fe does not incorporate as an electronic dopant in the rutile lattice but rather segregates to the film surface. However, codeposition of Fe with N enhances the solubility of Fe, and DFT calculations suggest that codopant complex formation is the driving force behind the enhanced solubility. The codoped films, in which a few atomic percent of Ti (O) are replaced with Fe (N), exhibit significant disorder compared to undoped films grown under the same conditions, presumably due to dopant-induced strain. Codoping redshifts the rutile bandgap into the visible. However, the film surfaces are photochemically inert with respect to hole-mediated decomposition of adsorbed trimethyl acetate. The absence of photochemical activity may result from dopant-induced trap and/or recombination sites within the film. This study indicates that enhanced...
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