Important role of surface fluoride in nitrogen-doped TiO2 nanoparticles with visible light photocatalytic activity

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 14188-14195

  Brauer, Jonathan I ^a   Szulczewski, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COLOR CENTERS; FLUORINATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; PHOTOCATALYSTS; REFLECTION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS NANOPARTICLES; ATOMIC CONCENTRATION; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; POINT OF ZERO CHARGE; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84918583287     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5071049     Document Type: Article

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