Effect of carrier concentration on the optical band gap of TiO2 nanoparticles

Materials and Design

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-72

  Munir, Shamsa ^a   Shah, Syed Mujtaba ^a   Hussain, Hazrat ^a   Ali khan, Rafaqat ^b  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bathochromic shift; Burstein Moss effect; Carrier concentration; Doping

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY GAP; METAL IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BATHOCHROMIC SHIFT; BURSTEIN-MOSS EFFECTS; CHARGE COMPENSATION; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; ION INCORPORATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION STATE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84954561719     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.12.022     Document Type: Article

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