Band-gap narrowing of titanium dioxide by nitrogen doping

被引:565
作者
Morikawa, T [1 ]
Asahi, R [1 ]
Ohwaki, T [1 ]
Aoki, K [1 ]
Taga, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] Toyota Cent Res & Dev Labs Inc, Aichi 4801192, Japan
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 2001年 / 40卷 / 6A期
关键词
titanium dioxide; doping; nitrogen; substitutional; band gap;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.40.L561
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
TiO2-based powder, including 0.1 at% of N doped in the rutile lattice. has been synthesized by oxidation of TiN. As a result, a significant shift of the absorption edge to a lower energy in the visible-light region has been observed. The substitutional doping of N into the TiO2 lattice is found to be effective; its 2p states contribute to the band-gap narrowing by mixing with O 2p as shown in ab initio electronic structure calculations.
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页码:L561 / L563
页数:3
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