Photoinduced Formation of Defects and Nitrogen Stabilization of Color Centers in N-Doped Titanium Dioxide
Photoinduced Formation of Defects and Nitrogen Stabilization of Color Centers in N-Doped Titanium Dioxide
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DOI:
10.1021/jp071181v
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发表时间:
2007-07
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
A. Emeline;N. Sheremetyeva;N. V. Khomchenko;V. Ryabchuk;N. Serpone
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作者:
A. Emeline;N. Sheremetyeva;N. V. Khomchenko;V. Ryabchuk;N. Serpone
Second-generation photocatalysts based on the metal oxide TiO2 and doped with various anions (e.g., N, S, and C) and cations have recently been the object of intense scrutiny as a result of the red-shift of the absorption edge of TiO2 to longer wavelengths, thereby increasing the photocatalytic efficacy based on total UV and visible light absorbed relative to pristine nondoped TiO2 which can only absorb UV radiation. This article examines the optical behavior (diffuse reflectance spectroscopy) of a nitrogen-doped TiO2 specimen and explores the photoinduced formation of defects when the N-doped specimen is subjected to oxidative (O2) and reductive (H2) stresses relative to vacuum. The resulting absorption spectrum in the visible spectral region (400 nm < λ < 900 nm) of the N-doped TiO2 consists of overlapping single absorption bands, each one of which reflects absorption by the constituent color centers. Kinetics of formation and accumulation of these color centers (Ti3+ centers) have been assessed. The el...