Optical properties of doped silicon quantum dots with crystalline and amorphous structures

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 19529-19537

  Mavros, Michael G ^a   Micha, David A ^a   Kilin, Dmitri S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE SPECTRUM; ABSORPTION WAVELENGTHS; AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DOPED SILICON; DOPED STRUCTURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRA; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; HOMO-LUMO GAPS; OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS; RED-SHIFTED; SILICON QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONS; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; VISIBLE REGION;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; LIGHT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOSPHORUS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 80053907185     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp2055798     Document Type: Article

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