Passivation of defect states in anatase TiO2 hollow spheres with Mg doping: Realizing efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 202, Issue , 2017, Pages 127-133

  Gao, Linjie ^a   Li, Yaguang ^a   Ren, Jiabin ^b   Wang, Shufang ^a   Wang, Ruining ^a   Fu, Guangsheng ^a   Hu, Yong ^b  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Defect states; Hollow spheres; Mg doping; Overall water splitting; TiO2

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNESIUM; PASSIVATION; SPHERES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DEFECT STATE; HOLLOW SPHERE; MG-DOPING; TIO2; WATER SPLITTING;

DEFECTS;

EID: 84986917963     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.09.018     Document Type: Article

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