Semiconducting materials

Photocatalytic Semiconductors: Synthesis, Characterization, and Environmental Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-40

  Hernández Ramírez, Aracely ^a   Medina Ramírez, Iliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Band gap engineering; Boron doped TiO2; Carbon doped TiO2; Chalcogenides; Fluorine doped TiO2; Metal oxides; Nitrogen doped TiO2; Photocatalysis; Quaternary compounds; Semiconductors; Standard potentials; Ternary compounds; Titanium dioxide (TiO2)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; BORON-DOPED TIO; DOPED-TIO; FLUORINE-DOPED; METAL OXIDES; NITROGEN-DOPED TIO; QUATERNARY COMPOUND; STANDARD POTENTIAL; TERNARY COMPOUNDS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84944552249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10999-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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