Nitrogen doped 3D titanium dioxide nanorods architecture with significantly enhanced visible light photoactivity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4397-4405

  Li, Zhaodong ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Kvit, Alexander ^a,b   Wang, Xudong ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; SURFACE REACTIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

ABSORPTION BEHAVIORS; CRYSTAL GROWTH BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELEMENTS DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; SUPER-HIGH SURFACE AREA;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84923972673     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512622j     Document Type: Article

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