Doping-induced microstructural, textural and optical properties of In2Ti1-xVxO5+δ semiconductors and their role in the photocatalytic splitting of water

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 399-407

  Shah, Pallavi ^a   Bhange, Deu S ^a   Deshpande, Aparna S ^a   Kulkarni, Mukund S ^b   Gupta, Narendra M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

In2Ti1 xVxO5+ photocatalysts; Luminescence spectroscopy; Microstructure; Optical properties; Structure activity relationship; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EDGES; BAND GAPS; CELL PARAMETER; DOPED SAMPLE; ENERGY LEVEL; HOST MATRICES; IN-BETWEEN; IRREGULAR SHAPE; ISOSTRUCTURAL; LATTICE DEFECTS; LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; ORTHORHOMBIC SPACE GROUPS; OXYGEN NON-STOICHIOMETRY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC SPLITTING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POWDER XRD; REACTION PRODUCTS; SEM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TIO; VISIBLE LIGHT; WATER SPLITTING; XPS; XRD;

CELL MEMBRANES; ENERGY GAP; INDIUM; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSTRUCTURE; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RIETVELD METHOD; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPECTROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; TITANIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 67651230373     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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