Effects of N precursor on the agglomeration and visible light photocatalytic activity of N-doped TiO2 nanocrystalline powder

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3434-3444

  Hu, Yulong ^a,b   Liu, Hongfang ^a   Rao, Qiuhua ^b   Kong, Xiaodong ^b   Sun, Wei ^c   Guo, Xingpeng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^c Naval Military Office   (China)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; N precursor; N doped TiO2; Sol gel method; Visible light photocatalytic activity

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERSTITIAL SITES; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; N-DOPED TIO; NANOPARTICLE POWDERS; PHOTO-DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

AGGLOMERATION; ALKALINITY; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; AZO DYES; BINDING ENERGY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRATES; METABOLISM; NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS; NANOPARTICLES; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOMATERIAL; NITROGEN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CATALYSIS; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 80051923108     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.3746     Document Type: Article

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