Low-temperature nitrogen doping in ammonia solution for production of N-doped TiO2-hybridized graphene as a highly efficient photocatalyst for water treatment

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1802-1810

  Qian, Wen ^a   Greaney, P Alex ^b   Fowler, Simon ^a   Chiu, Sheng Kuei ^a   Goforth, Andrea M ^a   Jiao, Jun ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia solution; Graphene; Low temperature doping; Photocatalyst; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMMONIA SOLUTION; ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-TEMPERATURE NITROGEN; N-DOPED TIO; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; SCALABLE PRODUCTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84903934958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc5001176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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