Coordination of Ti4+ Sites in nanocrystalline TiO2 films used for photoinduced electron conduction: Influence of nanoparticle synthesis and thermal necking

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 888-893

  Hsiao, Po Tsung ^a   Teng, Hsisheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATASE FILMS; ANATASE NANOPARTICLES; CO-ORDINATION NUMBERS; ELECTRON CONDUCTIONS; LATTICE DISORDERS; LATTICE DISTORTIONS; MINIMAL DEGREES; NANOCRYSTALLINE FILMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIA; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; SOL-GEL METHODS; SOL-GEL TIO; X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPIES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COORDINATION REACTIONS; GELATION; GELS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IMPURITIES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 64549112660     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.02956.x     Document Type: Article

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