Effect of doping (C or N) and Co-Doping (C+N) on the photoactive properties of magnetron sputtered titania coatings for the application of solar water-splitting

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4729-4735

  Rahman, M ^a   Dang, B H Q ^a   McDonnell, K ^a   MacElroy, J M D ^a   Dowling, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Nm Thick Film; Photocurrent; Sputtering; TiO 2; Water Splitting

Indexed keywords

AFM; ARGON PLASMAS; C-DOPED; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CO-DOPANTS; CO-DOPING; COATING GROWTH; DC REACTIVE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; DEPOSITION CHAMBERS; DOPED SAMPLE; EFFECT OF DOPANTS; EFFECT OF DOPING; NANO-COATINGS; OPTICAL PROFILOMETRY; PHOTOACTIVE PROPERTIES; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOCATALYTIC SPLITTING; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; POTENTIOSTATS; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; THICK COATINGS; TIO; TITANIA COATINGS; TITANIUM TARGETS; TRACE ADDITION; TRACE LEVEL; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT; WATER SPLITTING;

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; SPUTTERING; THICK FILMS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM PLATING; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COATINGS;

CARBON; HYDROGEN; NANOMATERIAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARBON; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM; WATER;

EID: 84863887544     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.4897     Document Type: Article

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