High-concentration niobium (V) doping into TiO2 nanoparticles synthesized by thermal plasma processing

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 658-671

  Zhang, Chenning ^a,b   Ikeda, Masashi ^a,c   Uchikoshi, Tetsuo ^a   Li, Ji Guang ^a   Watanabe, Takayuki ^b   Ishigaki, Takamasa ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nanoscale; Phase transformation; Plasma enhanced CVD (chemical reaction)

Indexed keywords

ANATASE FORMATION; BAND GAP VARIATION; BINDING BEHAVIORS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NANO SCALE; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PLASMA-ENHANCED CVD (CHEMICAL REACTION); PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; THERMAL PLASMA; THERMAL PLASMA PROCESSING; TIO; WET CHEMICAL TECHNIQUES;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ENERGY GAP; NANOPARTICLES; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASMAS; POWDERS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NIOBIUM;

EID: 80051788427     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.16     Document Type: Article

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