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Article

Publication Date

2-6-2013

Abstract

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) are used to identify a Ti3+-Li+ complex in TiO2 crystals having the rutile structure. This defect consists of an interstitial Li+ ion adjacent to a substitutional Ti3+ ion (the unpaired electron on the Ti3+ ion provides charge compensation for the Li+ ion). The neutral Ti3+-Li+ complex is best described as a donor-bound small polaron and is similar in structure to the recently reported neutral fluorine and hydrogen donors in TiO2 (rutile). Lithium ions are diffused into the crystals at temperatures near 450 °C. Following the diffusion, an EPR spectrum containing groups of four closely spaced lines is observed at 36 K without laser illumination. ENDOR data verify that the four lines within each group are due to a weak hyperfine interaction with one lithium nucleus. Spin-Hamiltonian parameters are obtained from the angular dependence of the EPR spectra. Principal values are 1.9688, 1.9204, and 1.9323 for the g matrix and –2.14, –2.20, and +3.44 MHz for the 7Li hyperfine matrix.

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This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in Journal of Applied Physics 113, 053712 as fully cited below and may be found at DOI: 10.1063/1.4790366.

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Journal of Applied Physics

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