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On the use of ion scattering to examine the role of hydrogen in the reduction of TiO2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

W.E. Wallace
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272
Q. Zhong
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272
J. Genzer
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272
R.J. Composto
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272
D.A. Bonnell
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272
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Abstract

Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) was used to measure the titanium concentration profile for hydrogen-reduced, vacuum-reduced, and as-received, stoichiometric rutile. These profiles give the degree of reduction, specifically, the extent of oxygen deficiency, as a function of depth below the sample surface. Using forward-recoil spectrometry (FRES), the hydrogen-reduced rutile was found to contain more bulk and near-surface hydrogen than the as-received, stoichiometric rutile. This observation provides additional evidence for a hydrogen-diffusion model for the reduction of rutile in a hydrogen environment.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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