Investigation of electronic structure of Nd-doped TiO2 nanoparticles using synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-297

  Hou, Tinghong ^a   Mao, Jian ^a   Pan, Haibing ^b   Tu, Mingjing ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; Nd doping; Photoelectron spectroscopy; TiO2 nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

DOPING CONCENTRATION; ND DOPING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (SRPES); TIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

EID: 33746922690     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-005-9020-2     Document Type: Article

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