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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of pure and K chemisorbed VxOy/TiO2 powders are reported. Core-line and valence band spectra suggest the presence of vanadium open shell ions on the pure VxOy/TiO2 interface, whereas potassium vanadate seems to form after K chemisorption. That results in the presence of a significant amount of gap states, with vanadium character, just above the O2p band edge, for the pure VxOy/TiO2 powder, while K chemisorption, reducing significantly the open shell vanadium ions, quenches the gap emission in the XPS valence band spectra.