Single crystals of TiO2 anatase containing 0.22% of
Al and traces of V, Zr, Nb, and La were grown by
chemical transport reactions employing TeCl4 as the
transporting agent. Electrodes having the (101) face
exposed
doped by reduction with hydrogen were employed. The
electrochemical and photoelectrochemical behavior of a
single crystal of anatase were scrutinized for the first time.
Properties were compared to those of single-crystal
rutile having the (001) face exposed. Impedance analysis
established that the flatband potential of anatase (101)
is
shifted negatively by 0.2 V with regards to that of rutile (001).
Interfacial capacitance measurements under forward
bias indicate smaller density of surface states on anatase.
Photoelectrochemical oxidation of water occurs on
both
rutile and anatase with incident photon-to-current conversion
efficiencies close to unity at λ = 300 nm. From
the
comparison of U
fb and E
g,
it follows that anatase (101) and rutile (001) electrodes differ mainly
in the position of
the conduction band edge. The complete photoelectrolysis of water
to H2 and O2 is thermodynamically possible
on
anatase only. Photosensitized electron injection from adsorbed
cis-Ru[L2(SCN)2] (L =
2,2‘-bipyridyl-4,4‘-dicarboxylic
acid) proceeds with similar efficiency on both types of electrodes.
However, light-induced charge separation on the
single-crystal electrodes is about three times less efficient compared
with nanoscopic anatase films. Anatase (101)
is strikingly more active for electrochemical insertion of
Li+ than rutile (001). The diffusion coefficients
for Li+
insertion and extraction were estimated to be 2 ×
10-13 and 6 ×
10-13 cm2/s,
respectively.