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ADVANCED POWDER TECHNOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 8-12Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apt.2010.11.006
Keywords
TiO2 thin films; Cr doping; Sol-gel; Photocatalytic
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- NSF of China [90923014, 10974050]
- Hunan Provincial Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [09JJ1009]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-08-0182]
- aid program for Science and Technology Innovative Research Team in Higher Educational Institutions of Hunan Province
- Hunan University
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Chromium doped titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanocrystal films with various doping concentration have been successfully prepared by a sol-gel dip-coating process. These films have been characterized by XRD, XPS, AFM, and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. It is found that Cr doping can effectively reduce the transition temperature of anatase to rutile phase as well as the grain size. The absorption edges of TiO2 thin films shift towards longer wavelengths (i.e. red shifted) from 375 nm to about 800 nm with increasing Cr concentration, which greatly enhances TiO2 nano-materials on the absorption of solar spectrum. The appearance of UV-vis absorption features in the visible region can be ascribed to the newly formed energy levels such as Cr 2p level and oxygen vacancy state between the valence and the conduction bands in the TiO2 band structure. The enhancement of the photocatalytic properties is observed for Cr-doped TiO2 thin film. (C) 2010 The Society of Powder Technology Japan. Published by Elsevier B.V. and The Society of Powder Technology Japan. All rights reserved.
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