An in-gap state formed in the band gap of TiO2 upon surface oxygen-vac
ancy doping has been studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectrosc
opy. The in-gap state with a formal d(1) configuration exhibits a smal
l (1X1) k dispersion, though it never crosses the Fermi level for all
the: oxygen-vacancy concentration range. We propose that a polaron int
eraction is responsible for the localization of doped electrons in the
in-gap state.