First-principles study on electronic and optical properties of La-doped zns

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2672-2678

  Xie, Hai Qing ^a   Zeng, Yun ^a   Huang, Wei Qing ^a   Peng, Li ^a   Peng, Ping ^a   Wang, Tai Hong ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic properties; First principles calculations; La doped ZnS; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751486977     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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