Synchrotron X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Electronic Changes at the ZnO Surface Following Aryldiazonium Ion Grafting: A Metal-to-Insulator Transition
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b00758
Abstract: ZnO is a member of a small class of semiconductors that includes In2O3, SnO2, CdO, and InN, whose surfaces are highly unusual because their electronic bands bend downward to form a quantized potential well in… read more here.
Keywords: synchrotron ray; surface; spectroscopy; ray photoelectron ... See more keywords
Activating Inert ZnO by Surface Cobalt Doping for Efficient Water Oxidation in Neutral Media
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DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04996
Abstract: Precisely modulating the electronic structure of catalytic sites represents a promising strategy to design highly efficient electrocatalysts toward oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Here, the non-noble metal Co is successfully doped into the surface layer of… read more here.
Keywords: surface cobalt; surface; zno; inert zno ... See more keywords
Ultrashort and metastable doping of the ZnO surface by photoexcited defects.
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DOI: 10.1039/d2fd00036a
Abstract: Shallow donors in semiconductors are known to form impurity bands that induce metallic conduction at sufficient doping densities. The perhaps most direct analogy to such doping in optically excited semiconductors is the photoexcitation of deep… read more here.
Keywords: ultrashort metastable; phys; surface; zno surface ... See more keywords