Observations of p-type semiconductivity in titanium dioxide at room temperature

Materials Letters

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 928-930

  Nowotny, M K ^a,b   Bogdanoff, P ^a   Dittrich, T ^a   Fiechter, S ^a   Fujishima, A ^c   Tributsch, H ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defects; Semiconductors; Solar energy materials

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GASPHASE; IONIC DEFECTS; N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS; NEAR SURFACE REGIONS; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; P-TYPE; RAPID COOLING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; RUTILE TIO; SEMICONDUCTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SLOW DIFFUSION; SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS; SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPY; TIO;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE DEFECTS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SURFACES;

EID: 77249122953     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2010.01.061     Document Type: Article

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