Manipulation of carrier concentration, crystallite size and density in polycrystalline anatase TiO2via amorphous-phase medium range atomic order

CrystEngComm

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2101-2109

  Eitan Barlaz, D ^a   Seebauer, Edmund G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84923878535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14668033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5ce00048c     Document Type: Article

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