Adjusting nitrogen doping level in titanium dioxide by codoping with tungsten: Properties and band structure of the resulting materials

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 21281-21292

  Bloh, Jonathan Z ^a   Folli, Andrea ^a,b   Macphee, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION BANDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXIDES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN;

CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; INTERSTITIAL NITROGEN; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; NITROGEN CONTENT; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESULTING MATERIALS; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84949117470     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507264g     Document Type: Article

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