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We have synthesized materials based on titanium(IV) and zinc(II) oxides, containing 1 to 60 wt % Zn, at heat-treatment temperatures from 80 to 1150°C, with the formation of multiphase compositions (X-ray amorphous phase, anatase, rutile, ZnTiO3, and/or Zn2TiO4) and studied their phase transitions, morphology, and photocatalytic activity. Increasing the Zn content of the materials is favorable for their spectral sensitization, including the range λ ≥ 670 nm.
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Original Russian Text © T.A. Sedneva, M.L. Belikov, E.P. Lokshin, 2016, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 12, pp. 1343–1352.
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Sedneva, T.A., Belikov, M.L. & Lokshin, E.P. Synthesis and photocatalytic properties of nanomaterials based on titanium(IV) and zinc(II) oxides. Inorg Mater 52, 1266–1275 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168516120098
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