Role of Nd 3+ ions in modifying the band structure and photocatalytic properties of substituted indium titanates, In 2(1-x)Nd 2xTiO 5 oxides

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1458-1471

  Pai, Mrinal R ^a   Majeed, Jerina ^a   Banerjee, Atindra M ^a   Arya, Ashok ^a   Bhattacharya, Shovit ^a   Rao, Rekha ^a   Bharadwaj, Shyamala R ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE CALCULATION; CELL VOLUME; COCATALYST; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FTIR; ION DOPING; LOCAL-DENSITY; ND SUBSTITUTIONS; ND-DOPED; NEODYMIUM IONS; NONRADIATIVE RECOMBINATION CENTERS; NONSTOICHIOMETRIC; OPTIMAL DOSAGE; ORBITALS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SECONDARY PHASE; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TIO; UV-VISIBLE; VALENCE STATE; VISIBLE IRRADIATION; VISIBLE LIGHT; XRD;

BAND STRUCTURE; CALCULATIONS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN; INDIUM; IONS; IRRADIATION; ISOMERS; LIGHT; METHANOL; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

NEODYMIUM;

EID: 84855870454     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp207904k     Document Type: Article

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