Impact of Ge 4+ ion as structural dopant of Ti 4+ in anatase: Crystallographic translation, photocatalytic behavior, and efficiency under UV and VIS irradiation

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Štengl, Václav ^a,b   Grygar, Tomáš Matys ^a   Velická, Jana ^a   Henych, Ji ^a   Bakardjieva, Snejana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYE DEGRADATION; GE-DOPING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMOGENEOUS HYDROLYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE CHANGES; NANOMETRIC PARTICLES; ORANGE II; OXIDE POWDER; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; RAMAN AND INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; UV- AND;

AZO DYES; DEGRADATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84864919956     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/252894     Document Type: Article

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