Mott-Schottky Plots and Flatband Potentials for Single Crystal Rutile Electrodes

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Abstract

Ideal Mott-Schottky plots were obtained for TiO2 single crystal electrodes after a special surface preparation procedure. Precise flatband potentials were determined as a function of pH for three different types of TiO2 boules; significant differences between boules were observed. These differences were reflected in corresponding differences in the electrode potential for the onset of anodic photocurrent. Surface treatments that produced linear Mott-Schottky plots but with frequency dispersion results in apparent flatband potentials that did not correlate with the potential for the onset of anodic photocurrent. Ideal Mott-Schottky behavior could only be obtained for the specially prepared crystals if the electrolyte concentration was greater than 0.25M.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)1973-1977
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of the Electrochemical Society
Volume129
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1982

NREL Publication Number

  • ACNR/JA-233-4264

Keywords

  • crystals
  • electrolytes
  • photocurrent

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