Splitting CO2 with electric fields: A computational investigation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3256-3260

  Calvaresi, M ^a   Martinez, R V ^b   Losilla, N S ^b   Martinez, J ^b   Garcia, R ^b   Zerbetto, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-O STRETCH; CCSD CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; INFRARED SPECTRUM; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; POTENTIAL ENERGY CURVES; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 78649674064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101005u     Document Type: Article

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