A fast and effective method for N-doping TiO2 by post treatment with liquid ammonia: Visible light photocatalysis

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 562, Issue , 2014, Pages 223-228

  Powell, Michael J ^a   Palgrave, Robert G ^a   Dunnill, Charles W ^a   Parkin, Ivan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liquid ammonia; Nitrogen doped titanium dioxide; Photocatalyst; Post treatment; Stearic acid; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DOPING (ADDITIVES); NITROGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEARIC ACID; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

LIQUID AMMONIA; NITROGEN-DOPED; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; POST TREATMENT; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84901753172     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.04.067     Document Type: Article

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