Investigation of the photoactivity of pristine and mixed phase N-doped titania under visible and solar irradiation

Materials Characterization

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 145-151

  Das, Barnali ^a   Nair, Ranjith G ^a,b   Rajbongshi, Bijumani ^a   Samdarshi, S K ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR   (India)

Author keywords

Mixed phase; Modified sol gel method; N doped TiO2; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE SAMPLES; MIXED PHASE; MODIFIED SOL-GEL METHOD; N-DOPED TIO; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; UV-VISIBLE DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CALCINATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84880372394     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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