Electronic structure of titania aerogels from soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy

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Kucheyev, SO [1 ]
van Buuren, T [1 ]
Baumann, TF [1 ]
Satcher, JH [1 ]
Willey, TM [1 ]
Meulenberg, RW [1 ]
Felter, TE [1 ]
Poco, JF [1 ]
Gammon, SA [1 ]
Terminello, LJ [1 ]
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[1] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2004年 / 69卷 / 24期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.69.245102
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The electronic structure of TiO2 aerogels is studied by soft x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. High-resolution O K-edge and Ti L-2,L-3-edge XANES spectra of aerogels are compared with those of rutile, anatase, and unrelaxed amorphous phases of full-density TiO2. Results show that all the main spectroscopic features of aerogels, reflecting the element-specific partial density of empty electronic states and correlation effects, can be attributed to the absence of long-range order in stoichiometric amorphous TiO2. Based on these results, we discuss the effects of short- and long-range order on the electronic structure of TiO2.
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