Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over nanometer sized Sn and Eu doped titanium oxide

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4966-4973

  Sasikala, Rajamma ^a   Sudarsan, Vasant ^a   Sudakar, Chandran ^b   Naik, Ratna ^b   Sakuntala, Thyagarajan ^a   Bharadwaj, Shyamala R ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defect levels; Doped titania; Hydrogen generation; Oxygen vacancy; Photocatalysis; Sunlight type radiation

Indexed keywords

EUROPIUM; HYDROGEN; NONMETALS; TIN; TIN ALLOYS; TITANIUM;

DEFECT LEVELS; DOPED TITANIA; HYDROGEN GENERATION; OXYGEN VACANCY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; SUNLIGHT TYPE RADIATION;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

EID: 52049096590     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.07.080     Document Type: Article

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