We report on an electronic structure study of SrTiO3 under ultraviolet illumination. Photoemission measurements at 20 K under ultraviolet illumination show that the illumination induces electronic states within the band gap. The photo-induced in-gap states show the power-law energy distribution with exponent of 3.4-3.7 and weakly depends on the strength of illumination. The photo-induced in-gap states indicate that most of the photo-excited electrons are trapped by local lattice distortions with various size scale. We argue that the free carriers in the Ti 3d band and the localized Ti 3d electrons and O 2p holes within the band gap contribute to the photoconductivity and the ferroelectricity under the ultraviolet illumination, respectively.
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Cent Japan Railway Co, Technol Res & Dev Dept, Komaki, Aichi 4850801, JapanTokyo Inst Technol, Mat & Struct Lab, Midori Ku, Kanagawa 2268503, Japan
Shichi, Tetsuya
Fujishima, Akira
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Cent Japan Railway Co, Technol Res & Dev Dept, Komaki, Aichi 4850801, Japan
Kanagawa Acad Sci & Technol, Takatsu Ku, Kanagawa 2130012, JapanTokyo Inst Technol, Mat & Struct Lab, Midori Ku, Kanagawa 2268503, Japan