Visible-light-absorption in graphitic c3n4 bilayer: Enhanced by interlayer coupling

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 3330-3334

  Wu, Fang ^a   Liu, Yunfei ^a   Yu, Guanxia ^a   Shen, Dingfeng ^a   Wang, Yunlu ^a   Kan, Erjun ^b  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; INTERLAYER COUPLING; OPTICAL ENERGY GAP; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; SINGLE LAYER; SOLAR CELL ABSORBERS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE RANGE;

ADSORPTION; CALCULATIONS; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84869410277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301536k     Document Type: Article

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