Effect of the oxygen sub-stoichiometry and of hydrogen insertion on the formation of intermediate bands within the gap of disordered molybdenum oxide films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 18013-18020

  Kostis, Ioannis ^b   Vourdas, Nicolaos ^a   Papadimitropoulos, Georgios ^a   Douvas, Antonios ^a   Vasilopoulou, Maria ^a   Boukos, Nikolaos ^a   Davazoglou, Dimitris ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b Technological and Educational Institute of Pireaus   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ANTI-BONDING STATE; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; HYDROGEN INSERTION; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; PL EMISSION; PL INTENSITY; STOICHIOMETRIC FILMS;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGENATION; OXIDE FILMS; OXYGEN;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 84883659133     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407354j     Document Type: Article

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