Distinct Binding of Rhenium Catalysts on Nanostructured and Single-Crystalline TiO2 Surfaces Revealed by Two-Dimensional Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy
Vanselous H, Videla P, Batista V, Petersen P. Distinct Binding of Rhenium Catalysts on Nanostructured and Single-Crystalline TiO2 Surfaces Revealed by Two-Dimensional Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122: 26018-26031. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTwo-dimensional sum frequency generation spectroscopySum frequency generation spectroscopyFrequency generation spectroscopyTiO2 surfaceGeneration spectroscopySingle-crystalline TiO2 surfacesCO2 reduction catalystsSelective catalytic performanceDifferent TiO2 surfacesVibrational relaxation pathwaysVibrational relaxation dynamicsAb initio simulationsComplex electronic structureMolecular catalystsCross-peak patternsReduction catalystSolvation environmentCatalytic performanceRhenium catalystsTiO2 electrodeCarbonyl modesCatalystInitio simulationsElectronic structureRelaxation pathways