Control of methylene blue photo-oxidation rate over polycrystalline anatase TiO2 thin films via carrier concentration

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 11662-11671

  Ong, S W Daniel ^b   Lin, Jianyi ^c   Seebauer, Edmund G ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; REACTION RATES; SURFACE REACTIONS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTO-CARRIERS; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOCATALYTIC SURFACES; PHOTOCURRENT MODELING; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SPATIAL EXTENT;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION;

EID: 84930656626     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01852     Document Type: Article

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