Photochemical Hydrogen Generation Using Nitrogen-Doped TiO2–Pd Nanoparticles: Facile Synthesis and Effect of Ti3+ Incorporation

• Published in: Journal of physical chemistry. C Vol. 116; no. 23; pp. 12462 - 12467
• Main Authors: Sayed, Farheen. N, Jayakumar, O. D, Sasikala, R, Kadam, R. M, Bharadwaj, Shyamala. R, Kienle, Lorenz, Schürmann, Ulrich, Kaps, Sören, Adelung, Rainer, Mittal, J. P, Tyagi, A. K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Columbus, OH American Chemical Society 14.06.2012
• Subjects: Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Exact sciences and technology; Materials science; Methods of nanofabrication; Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization; Other topics in nanoscale materials and structures; Physics; Valence bands; Red shift; Anatase; Doping; Nanoparticles; Energy gap; Boron; Charge carrier generation; Nitrogen additions; Nanomaterial synthesis; Absorption edge; Conduction bands; Electronic properties; Charge carriers; Photocatalysis; Palladium; Indium additions; Spectral line shift; Electronic structure; Light absorption; Xerogel; Catalyst activity; Nanostructured materials; Codoping; Glycol; X-ray photoelectron spectra
• ISSN: 1932-7447; 1932-7455
• DOI: 10.1021/jp3029962

Crystalline nanoparticles of anatase phase nitrogen-doped TiO2 (N–TiO2), boron and nitrogen codoped TiO2 (B–N–TiO2), and undoped TiO2 (TiO2) were synthesized by a facile xerogel method followed by reduction in a glycol medium to forcibly create Ti3+ ions (self-doping) in them (R–N–TiO2, R–B–N–TiO2,...