Tuning the electronic structure, bandgap energy and photoluminescence properties of hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets via a controllable Ce 3+ ions doping

RSC Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 7408-7418

  Wu, Jianmin ^a   Yin, Longwei ^a   Zhang, Luyuan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL THRESHOLD; CRITICAL THRESHOLD VALUE; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE (H-BN); NITROGEN VACANCIES; PARAMAGNETIC CENTERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; THERMAL CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

BORON NITRIDE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NANOSHEETS; NITROGEN; PARAMAGNETISM; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TUNING;

IONS;

EID: 84877262712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra23132a     Document Type: Article

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