Carbothermal transformation of TiO2 into TiOxCy in UHV: Tracking intrinsic chemical stabilities

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 22601-22610

  Calvillo, Laura ^a   Fittipaldi, Diego ^b   Rüdiger, Celine ^c,d   Agnoli, Stefano ^a   Favaro, Marco ^a   Valero Vidal, Carlos ^c,d   Di Valentin, Cristiana ^b   Vittadini, Andrea ^e   Bozzolo, Nathalie ^f   Jacomet, Suzane ^f   Gregoratti, Luca ^g   Kunze Liebhäuser, Julia ^c,d   Pacchioni, Gianfranco ^b   Granozzi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^g SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRYSTALLITES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ETHYLENE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE SEGREGATION; TITANIUM CARBIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPOSITIONAL STUDIES; GRAIN ORIENTATION; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; SCANNING PHOTOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ENRICHMENT; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

OXIDE MINERALS;

EID: 84907779794     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp506728w     Document Type: Article

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