Tailoring the electronic structure of mesoporous spinel γ-Al 2O3 at atomic level: Cu-doped case

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 14299-14315

  Fu, Liangjie ^a   Yang, Huaming ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ATOMS; DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

ALUMINA CATALYSTS; CHARGE COMPENSATION; DOPING LEVELS; DOPING MECHANISM; ELECTRONIC PHASE TRANSITION; EXCESS ELECTRONS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; INTRINSIC DEFECTS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84903787549     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502204h     Document Type: Article

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