First-principles analysis of photocurrent in graphene PN junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Jingzhe ^a   Hu, Yibin ^a   Guo, Hong ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84860290140     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.155441     Document Type: Article

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