Abstract
Adsorption of H 2O on the TiO 2(1 1 0)–(1 × 2) surface was studied in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) using the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). At 300 K H 2O adsorbs preferentially on the crosslinks of the TiO 2(1 1 0)–(1 × 2) surface. Cooling down the surface to 110 K during H 2O exposure results in adsorption on the crosslinks and other surface sites, presumably the 5-fold coordinated Ti-atoms. The reaction products, observed as bright protrusions at positive sample bias, are attributed to hydroxyl groups due to H 2O dissociation. In addition, it was found that the UV-induced line-defects on the TiO 2(1 1 0)–(1 × 2) surface do not interact with H 2O as seen by STM.
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