The effect of electronegative difference on the electronic structure and visible light photocatalytic activity of N-doped anatase TiO2 by first-principles calculations

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Zhao, Dongqiu ^a   Huang, Xiaowei ^a   Tian, Baoli ^a   Zhou, Shaomin ^a   Li, Yuncai ^a   Du, Zuliang ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; BANDGAP STATE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HIGH ENERGY; N-DOPED; N-DOPING; VALENCE-BAND MAXIMUMS; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; WIDE BAND GAP;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CALCULATIONS;

EID: 79955392982     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3579199     Document Type: Article

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