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Studies on interstitial carbon doping from a Ti precursor in a hierarchical TiO₂ nanostructured photoanode by a single step hydrothermal route.

ABSTRACT: Carbon doping from a Ti precursor in TiO₂ synthesized by a hydrothermal method was studied. The structural, optical and morphological study of the deposited material was carried out using X-ray diffraction, UV-vis spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy characterization techniques. The elemental composition of the TiO₂ deposited with different precursor concentrations was studied using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The amount of elemental carbon in the TiO₂ matrix is found to be increased as the Ti precursor concentration is increased, which strengthens the proposed idea of carbon doping via a Ti precursor.

SUBMITTER: Burungale VV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9055801 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

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Studies on interstitial carbon doping from a Ti precursor in a hierarchical TiO2 nanostructured photoanode by a single step hydrothermal route.

Burungale V V VV Bae Hyojung H Kamble A S AS Kim J-H JH Patil P S PS Ha J-S JS

RSC advances 20200803 48

Carbon doping from a Ti precursor in TiO2 synthesized by a hydrothermal method was studied. The structural, optical and morphological study of the deposited material was carried out using X-ray diffraction, UV-vis spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy characterization techniques. The elemental composition of the TiO2 deposited with different precursor concentrations was studied using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and electron dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The am ...[more]

PMID: 35520089

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