First-principle study of nitrogen incorporation in amorphous carbon

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 962-968

  Zheng, B ^a   Zheng, W T ^a   Zhang, K ^a   Wen, Q B ^a   Zhu, J Q ^b   Meng, S H ^b   He, X D ^b   Han, J C ^b  

^a Jilin University   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Doped carbons; Electronic structure; Modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUENCHING;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; DOPED CARBONS; MODELING; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 30344464373     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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