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Enhanced Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Ability of Cu-Doped Anatase TiO<sub>2</sub> Thin Films: Theory and Experiment

Abdullah M. Alotaibi, Benjamin A. D. Williamson, Sanjayan Sathasivam, Andreas Kafizas, Mahdi Alqahtani, Carlos Sotelo-Vázquez, John Buckeridge, Jiang Wu, Sean P. Nair, David O. Scanlon,

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · 2020 · 162 citations · 90 references

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films. Our analysis has highlighted that the interactions between substitutional and interstitial Cu in the anatase lattice can explain the extended exciton lifetimes observed in the doped samples and the enhanced UV photoactivities observed.

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