Review of material properties of (Mo/W)Se2-layered compound semiconductors useful for photoelectrochemical solar cells

Crystallography Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-301

  Delphine, S Mary ^a   Jayachandran, M ^b   Sanjeeviraja, C ^c  

^a Holy Cross College   (India)

^b CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

dichalcogenide; molybdenum diselenide; molybdenum tungsten diselenide; semiconducting thin film; tungsten diselenide

Indexed keywords

DICHALCOGENIDE; DICHALCOGENIDES; HALOGEN ATOMS; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAYERED COMPOUND; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MOLYBDENUM DISELENIDE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SOLAR CELL; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SEMICONDUCTING COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING THIN FILMS; STRUCTURAL UNIT; TRANSITION METAL ATOMS;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOLYBDENUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TRANSITION METALS; TUNGSTEN; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80053011705     PISSN: 0889311X     EISSN: 14763508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0889311X.2011.611130     Document Type: Review

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