Metastable Cu(I)-niobate semiconductor with a low-temperature, nanoparticle-mediated synthesis

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1699-1708

  Choi, Jonglak ^a   King, Nacole ^a   Maggard, Paul A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

copper niobate; lithium niobate; metastability; nanoscale synthesis; solar energy

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; BANDGAP SIZES; BANDGAP TRANSITION; CRYSTALLINE NANOPARTICLES; DISPROPORTIONATION REACTIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; EXCHANGE REACTION; HEATING TIME; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; LOW TEMPERATURES; METASTABILITIES; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE SYNTHESIS; NIOBATES; ORBITALS; P-TYPE; PEG-200; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; POLYCRYSTALLINE FILM; ROD-SHAPED; SEMICONDUCTING OXIDE; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION; SOLVOTHERMAL; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

COORDINATION REACTIONS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; GEOMETRY; LITHIUM; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM OXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; SURFACE REACTIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84874441148     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305707f     Document Type: Article

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