Band gap tuning in poly(triazine imide), a nonmetallic photocatalyst

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 8806-8812

  McDermott, Eamon J ^a,e   Wirnhier, Eva ^b   Schnick, Wolfgang ^b   Virdi, Kulpreet Singh ^b   Scheu, Christina ^b   Kauffmann, Yaron ^c   Kaplan, Wayne D ^c   Kurmaev, Ernst Z ^d   Moewes, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d INSTITUTE OF METAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP TUNING; DFT CALCULATION; GRAPHITIC CARBONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; WATER SPLITTING;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; NITRIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

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EID: 84877075620     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4002059     Document Type: Article

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