Research Article

N-TiO2-x Nanocatalysts: PLAL Synthesis and Photocatalytic Activity

Table 1

Atomic surface chemical composition and bonding fraction estimated by the deconvoluted XPS spectra.

SampleChemical composition (%)Bonding configurations (%)
Ti2pN1s
N (%)Ti (%)O (%)Ti-NTi-O-NTi-O2N-Ti-ONsubst.Nint.NO/NO2

TION1p1.128.870.10.86.492.8100
TION5p0.728.471.00.53.596.0100
TION12p5.923.870.30.93.495.7100
TION17p4.619.875.60.03.796.3100
TION312.228.859.115.526.058.567.418.59.54.6
TION417.824.158.117.829.153.159.726.610.72.9
TION514.825.759.617.430.152.665.522.09.92.7