Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 423, Issue -, Pages 205-209Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.06.161
Keywords
XPS; TiO2; Valence band; Phase ID
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- EPSRC, UK
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [1570016] Funding Source: researchfish
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A method of quantitative phase analysis using valence band X-ray photoelectron spectra is presented and applied to the analysis of TiO2 anatase-rutile mixtures. The valence band spectra of pure TiO2 polymorphs were measured, and these spectral shapes used to fit valence band spectra from mixed phase samples. Given the surface sensitive nature of the technique, this yields a surface phase fraction. Mixed phase samples were prepared from high and low surface area anatase and rutile powders. In the samples studied here, the surface phase fraction of anatase was found to be linearly correlated with photocatalytic activity of the mixed phase samples, even for samples with very different anatase and rutile surface areas. We apply this method to determine the surface phase fraction of P25 powder. This method may be applied to other systems where a surface phase fraction is an important characteristic. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
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