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SCIENCE
Volume 303, Issue 5657, Pages 511-513Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1093425
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Diffusion of oxygen molecules on transition metal oxide surfaces plays a vital role for the understanding of catalysis and photocatalysis on these materials. By means of time-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy, we provide evidence for a charge transfer-induced diffusion mechanism for O-2 molecules adsorbed on a rutile TiO2(110) surface. The O-2 hopping rate depended on the number of surface donors (oxygen vacancies), which determines the density of conduction band electrons. These results may have implications for the understanding of oxidation processes on metal oxides in general.
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