Local Structure of v Dopants in TiO2 Nanoparticles: X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, Including Ab-Initio and Full Potential Simulations

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 7457-7466

  Rossi, Giacomo ^a   Calizzi, Marco ^a   Di Cintio, Valeria ^a   Magkos, Sotirios ^a,b   Amidani, Lucia ^a,c   Pasquini, Luca ^a   Boscherini, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

GAS PHASE CONDENSATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED; LOCAL STRUCTURE; MATERIALS DESIGN; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; POTENTIAL SIMULATION; SPECTRAL SIMULATIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84966425223     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12045     Document Type: Article

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