Control of Photoactivity over Polycrystalline Anatase TiO2 Thin Films via Surface Potential

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 48, 2015, Pages 27060-27071

  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; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DEFECTS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SURFACE POTENTIAL; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DEFECT CONCENTRATIONS; MINORITY CARRIER; MULTIPLE DEFECTS; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; PHOTOCURRENT MODELING; PLASMA TREATMENT; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE CRYSTALLITES;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

EID: 84948672879     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09272     Document Type: Article

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