Abstract : Excess electron transport is explored at the reduced TiO2(110) rutile surface through high-resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy. Changes in line shape, intensity, and energy position of elastic and phonon peaks are associated to changes in charge-carrier and band-gap state excitations. The dielectric modeling points to a defined inward charge profile and to distinct bulk and surface transport properties. The one-to-one correlation between band-gap state intensity and carrier density favors a dual polaronic behavior of charge carriers over the coexistence of trapped and free states.
Jingfeng Li, Stéphane Chenot, Jacques Jupille, Remi Lazzari. Dual behavior or coexistence of trapped and free states in reducible rutile Ti O 2. Physical Review B, American Physical Society, 2020, 102 (8), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.102.081401⟩. ⟨hal-02947128⟩