Role of the nitrogen source in determining structure and morphology of n-doped nanocrystalline TiO2

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 4797-4807

  Lo Presti, Leonardo ^a,c,d   Ceotto, Michele ^a,b   Spadavecchia, Francesca ^a   Cappelletti, Giuseppe ^a,b   Meroni, Daniela ^a,b   Acres, Robert G ^e   Ardizzone, Silvia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e la Tecnologia Dei Materiali ^*  (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK ELECTRONIC STATE; MICROSCOPIC FEATURES; NANO-CRYSTALLINE TIO; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; STRUCTURE DISTORTIONS; SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; PHOTOELECTRONS; UREA; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84897676566     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412394e     Document Type: Article

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