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Surface exciton separation in photoexcited MgO nanocube powders

Andreas Sternig
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Slavica Stankic
Markus Mueller
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Nicolas Siedl
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Oliver Diwald
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In MgO nanocube powders surface excitons can separate and the resulting charge carriers provide reactive adsorption sites at well-defined surface elements. We employed photoluminescence (PL) emission bands originating from the photoexcitation of nanocube corners and edges as quantitative probes to explore their chemical reactivity towards molecular hydrogen. Surface excitons which form at corners and edges exhibit similar cross-sections for separation in vacuum. The separation of edge excitons, however, is significantly enhanced in hydrogen atmosphere when hydrogen adsorption occurs as a simultaneous surface process. The electronic structure of MgO nanocube edges which split hydrogen heterolytically upon generation of surface hydroxyls and hydrides is unaffected by the photoexcitation of corners. Respective edges, however, are efficient absorption sites for UV photons. Transfer of exciton energy to oxygen ions in corners is followed by exciton separation which transforms corner ions into surface radicals leading to a well-defined starting point for the site selective functionalization of metal oxide nanostructures.
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hal-01243117 , version 1 (14-12-2015)

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Andreas Sternig, Slavica Stankic, Markus Mueller, Nicolas Siedl, Oliver Diwald. Surface exciton separation in photoexcited MgO nanocube powders. Nanoscale, 2012, 4 (23), pp.7494-7500. ⟨10.1039/c2nr31844j⟩. ⟨hal-01243117⟩
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