Influence of Nd-Doping on Photocatalytic Properties of TiO₂ Nanoparticles and Thin Film Coatings

Table 1

Influence of Nd-dopant on structural parameters of titanium dioxide nanoparticles, based on XRD results.

Nanoparticles	Phase	(hkl)	2𝜃	𝑑 (nm)	𝑑PDF (nm)	𝐷 (nm)
TiO2	Anatase	(101)	29.59	0.3503	0.3520 [48]	4.2
TiO2 : Nd
1 at. % Nd			29.64	0.3497		4.4
3 at. % Nd			29.62	0.3499		4.5
6 at. % Nd			29.58	0.3504		4.6

Designations: 𝑑: interplanar distance, 𝑑_PDF: standard interplanar distance, 𝐷: average crystallites size.