Photogenerated charge carriers and paramagnetic species in (W,N)-codoped TiO2 photocatalysts under visible-light irradiation: An EPR study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 22149-22155

  Folli, Andrea ^a,b   Bloh, Jonathan Z ^b   Beukes, Eva Panduleni ^b   Howe, Russell F ^b   MacPhee, Donald E ^b  

^a DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; NICKEL OXIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; PARAMAGNETISM; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COUPLING INTERACTION; FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PARAMAGNETIC SPECIES; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

LIGHT;

EID: 84886694448     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408181r     Document Type: Article

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