Significantly Enhanced Visible Light Photoelectrochemical Activity in TiO2 Nanowire Arrays by Nitrogen Implantation

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4692-4698

  Wang, Gongming ^a   Xiao, Xiangheng ^a,b   Li, Wenqing ^b   Lin, Zhaoyang ^a   Zhao, Zipeng ^c   Chen, Chi ^d   Wang, Chen ^a,c   Li, Yongjia ^c   Huang, Xiaoqing ^c   Miao, Ling ^d   Jiang, Changzhong ^b   Huang, Yu ^a,c   Duan, Xiangfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Engineering IV   (United States)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

nitrogen doping; nitrogen implantation; photoelectrochemical water splitting; TiO2 nanowires; visible light photoactivity

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ION IMPLANTATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOWIRES; NITROGEN; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

NITROGEN IMPLANTATION; NITROGEN-DOPING; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; SUBSTITUTIONAL NITROGEN; THERMAL ANNEALING TREATMENT; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

LIGHT;

NANOWIRE; NITROGEN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOWIRES; NITROGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TITANIUM; WATER;

EID: 84936764891     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01547     Document Type: Article

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