Energy band alignment between anatase and rutile TiO2

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 4182-4187

  Pfeifer, Verena ^a   Erhart, Paul ^b   Li, Shunyi ^a   Rachut, Karsten ^a   Morasch, Jan ^a   Brötz, Joachim ^a   Reckers, Philip ^a   Mayer, Thomas ^a   Rühle, Sven ^c   Zaban, Arie ^c   Mora Seró, Iván ^d   Bisquert, Juan ^d   Jaegermann, Wolfram ^a   Klein, Andreas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

anatase; band alignment; density functional theory; electronic structure; photoemission; rutile; transitivity

Indexed keywords

BAND ALIGNMENTS; ELECTRON CONCENTRATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; RUTILE; TIN DOPED INDIUM OXIDE; TRANSITIVITY; VALENCE-BAND MAXIMUMS;

BAND STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOEMISSION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84890399333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402165b     Document Type: Article

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