Preparation and characterization of Cu-doped TiO 2 materials for electrochemical, photoelectrochemical, and photocatalytic applications

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 293, Issue , 2014, Pages 229-247

  Ganesh, Ibram ^a,b   Kumar, Polkampally P ^a   Annapoorna, Ibram ^b   Sumliner, Jordan M ^b   Ramakrishna, Mantripragada ^a   Hebalkar, Neha Y ^a   Padmanabham, Gade ^a   Sundararajan, Govindan ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrochemical properties; Oxides; Semiconductivity; Thin films

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHARACTERIZATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; FILM PREPARATION; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIGHT; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXIDES; POWDERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOL-GELS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; HOMOGENEOUS COPRECIPITATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SEMICONDUCTING BEHAVIOR; SEMICONDUCTIVITY; SOL-GEL DIP COATING TECHNIQUE;

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84895059129     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.12.140     Document Type: Article

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