Influence of Defects on Photoconductivity and Photocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen-Doped Titania


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Abstract

Samples of nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide (anatase, 0.2 ≤ N ≤ 1.0 wt%) prepared by the sol–gel method were investigated using X-band electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, photoconductivity, and photocatalysis measurements. N· and NO· paramagnetic defects in N-TiO2 have been observed; their concentrations and spin-Hamiltonian parameters were calculated. An increase both in the rate of the generation of free charge carriers and in the rate of photocatalysis was found in N-TiO2 in contrast with non-doped titania under visible light. The correlation of the density of the observed radicals with the photoconductivity and photocatalysis data is discussed.

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A. A. Minnekhanov

Faculty of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University; National Research Center Kurchatov Institute

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Email: minnekhanov@physics.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991; Moscow, 123182

N. T. Le

Faculty of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: minnekhanov@physics.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991

E. A. Konstantinova

Faculty of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University; National Research Center Kurchatov Institute; Faculty of Nano-, Bio-, Information and Cognitive Technologies, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Email: minnekhanov@physics.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991; Moscow, 123182; Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, 141700

P. K. Kashkarov

Faculty of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University; National Research Center Kurchatov Institute; Faculty of Nano-, Bio-, Information and Cognitive Technologies, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Email: minnekhanov@physics.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991; Moscow, 123182; Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, 141700

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