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Title: Probing environmentally significant surface radicals: Crystallographic and temperature dependent adsorption of phenol on ZnO.

Authors: Thibodeaux, Chad A; Poliakoff, E D; Kizilkaya, Orhan; Patterson, Matthew C; DiTusa, Mark F; Kurtz, Richard L; Sprunger, P T

Published In Chem Phys Lett, (2015 Oct 01)

Abstract: Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) are toxic organic/metal oxide composite particles that have been discovered to form from substituted benzenes chemisorbed to metal oxides. Here, we perform photoelectron spectroscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, and low energy electron diffraction of phenol chemisorbed to ZnO(1 0 1̱ 0) and (0 0 0 1̱)-Zn to observe electronic structure changes and charge transfer as a function adsorption temperature. We show direct evidence of charge transfer from the ZnO surfaces to the phenol. This evidence can help gain a better understanding of EPFRs and be used to develop possible future remediation strategies.

PubMed ID: 26388650 Exiting the NIEHS site

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