Engineering the band gap of bare titanium dioxide materials for visible-light activity: A theoretical prediction

RSC Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 8777-8782

  Wang, Yun ^a   Zhang, Haimin ^a   Liu, Porun ^a   Yao, Xiangdong ^a   Zhao, Huijun ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CONFIGURATION; EXCHANGE-CORRELATION FUNCTIONALS; INDIRECT SEMICONDUCTOR; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; STATIC ELECTRIC FIELDS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; VISIBLE-LIGHT ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT RESPONSIVE TIO;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; FLUORSPAR; LIGHT; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84884721680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra40239h     Document Type: Article

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