TiO{sub 2}-coated carbon nanotubes: A redshift enhanced photocatalysis at visible light

Journal Article · Mon Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3454908· OSTI ID:21347405

Lu, S -Y; Tang, C -W; Lin, Y -H; Kuo, H -F; Lai, Y -C; Hao, Ouyang; Hsu, W -K ^[1]; Tsai, M -Y ^[2]

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1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, HsinChu 30013, Taiwan (China)
2. Instrument Technology Research Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, HsinChu 30076, Taiwan (China)

Annealing of carbon nanotubes coated with thin and uniform TiO{sub 2} results in carbon diffusion into oxygen lattices and doping induced redshift is evident by an efficient photocatalysis at visible light. The underlying mechanism is discussed.

• OSTI ID: 21347405
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 96, Issue 23; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3454908; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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TITANIUM OXIDES
VISIBLE RADIATION
CATALYSIS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMISTRY
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
HEAT TREATMENTS
NANOSTRUCTURES
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
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TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS