Synthesis and characterization of nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide nanomaterials derived from nanotube sodium titanate precursor

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2408-2416

  Tian, Baoli ^a   Qian, Yu ^a   Hu, Binbin ^a   Sun, Jiaruo ^a   Du, Zuliang ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; NANOTUBE SODIUM TITANATE; NANOTUBULAR MORPHOLOGY; SODIUM TITANATE NANOTUBE; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS AND DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOMATERIALS; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

CALCINATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTRONS; SINTERING; SODIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84875840912     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.249     Document Type: Article

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