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SUBMITTER: Feng N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5052528 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20161006
Ti<sup>3+</sup> species are highly unstable in air owing to their facile oxidation into Ti<sup>4+</sup> species, and thus they cannot concentrate in the surface layer of TiO<sub>2</sub> but are mainly present in its bulk. We report generation of abundant and stable Ti<sup>3+</sup> species in the surface layer of TiO<sub>2</sub> by boron doping for efficient utilization of solar irradiation. The resultant photocatalysts (denoted as B-TiO<sub>2-x</sub>) exhibit extremely high and stable solar-driv ...[more]