Increasing the photocatalytic activity of anatase TiO2 through B, C, and N doping

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 27415-27427

  Muhich, Christopher L ^a   Westcott, Jay Y ^a   Fuerst, Thomas ^a   Weimer, Alan W ^a   Musgrave, Charles B ^a,b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROXIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

ADSORPTION AND REDUCTION; ADSORPTION ENERGIES; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; VALENCE-BAND MAXIMUMS; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84913582069     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp508882m     Document Type: Article

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