Ligand Effects for Transition Metal Oxides

Consider oxygen adsorption on transition metal oxide surfaces. The role of the narrow bands of metal fi -states in the transition metals is now played by localized surface resonances and surface states, typically in the gap of semiconducting or insulating transition metal oxides. 

FIGURE 8.21 (a) Correlation between oxygen adsorption energies and the center of the 

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