Increasing the band gap of iron pyrite by alloying with oxygen

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 32, 2012, Pages 13216-13219

  Hu, Jun ^a   Zhang, Yanning ^a   Law, Matt ^a   Wu, Ruqian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVITIES; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON EFFECTIVE MASS; GAP STATE; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MODEL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ATOM; PHOTOVOLTAGES; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; SULFUR ATOMS;

ATOMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IRON OXIDES; OXYGEN; PHASE SEPARATION; STABILITY; SULFUR;

ENERGY GAP;

ALLOY; FERROUS SULFIDE; OXYGEN; PYRITE; SULFUR;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; OPTICS; PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 84865137887     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja3053464     Document Type: Article

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