Optical, structural and photocatalysis properties of Cu-doped TiO 2 thin films

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 395, Issue , 2017, Pages 110-116

  Bensouici, F ^a   Bououdina, M ^b   Dakhel, A A ^b   Tala Ighil, R ^a   Tounane, M ^a   Iratni, A ^a   Souier, T ^d   Liu, S ^c   Cai, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOUMERDES   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Anatase TiO 2; Cu +2 doped TiO 2 thin films; Optical properties; Photocatalytic activity; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COPPER OXIDES; ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANATASE TIO2; CU CONCENTRATIONS; GRANULAR STRUCTURESS; OPTICAL BAND GAP ENERGY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TIO2 THIN FILMS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84999748177     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.07.034     Document Type: Article

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