Nature of nitrogen-doped anatase TiO2 and the origin of its visible-light activity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 15890-15895

  Chen, Hungru ^a,c   Dawson, James A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VALENCE BANDS;

ANATASE TIO2; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; NITROGEN-DOPED; ORBITAL INTERACTION; VALENCE BAND EDGES; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT ACTIVITY;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84937120708     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03587     Document Type: Article

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