First-principles calculation of ZnO doped with Ag

Pan Tao Ti Hsueh Pao/Chinese Journal of Semiconductors

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 696-700

  Wan, Qixin ^a   Xiong, Zhihua ^a   Rao, Jianping ^a   Dai, Jiangnan ^a   Le, Shuping ^a   Wang, Guping ^a   Jiang, Fengyi ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag; Electronic structure; First principles; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

FIRST PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 34347244599     PISSN: 02534177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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