Impregnation versus Bulk Synthesis: How the Synthetic Route Affects the Photocatalytic Efficiency of Nb/Ta:N Codoped TiO2 Nanomaterials

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 42, 2015, Pages 24104-24115

  Rimoldi, Luca ^a   Ambrosi, Claudia ^a   Di Liberto, Giovanni ^a   Lo Presti, Leonardo ^a,b,c   Ceotto, Michele ^a,d   Oliva, Cesare ^a   Meroni, Daniela ^a,d   Cappelli, Serena ^a   Cappelletti, Giuseppe ^a,d   Soliveri, Guido ^a,d   Ardizzone, Silvia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d INSTM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; IMPREGNATION; IRRADIATION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NIOBIUM; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TANTALUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSITION METALS;

DOPING STRATEGIES; ETHANOL DEGRADATION; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; TITANIA NANOCRYSTALS; TITANIA PHOTOCATALYST; TRANSITION METAL DOPANTS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84945378508     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06827     Document Type: Article

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