Abstract
Oxygen vacancies created in anatase TiO2 by UV photons (80-130 eV) provide an effective electron-doping mechanism and induce a hitherto unobserved dispersive metallic state. Angle resolved photoemission reveals that the quasiparticles are large polarons. These results indicate that anatase can be tuned from an insulator to a polaron gas to a weakly correlated metal as a function of doping and clarify the nature of conductivity in this material.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 196403 |
Journal | Physical review letters |
Volume | 110 |
Issue number | 19 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 May 7 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)