Tunable electronic properties of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide alloys: A first-principles prediction

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 285-291

  Xi, Jinyang ^a   Zhao, Tianqi ^a   Wang, Dong ^a   Shuai, Zhigang ^a,b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

carrier polarity; density functional theory; effective band structure; effective mass; transition metal dichalcogenide alloys; two dimensional

Indexed keywords

CARRIER POLARITY; EFFECTIVE MASS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HIGH-WORK-FUNCTION METAL; METAL ELECTRODE MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TUNABLE ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

BAND STRUCTURE; CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOLYBDENUM; TRANSITION METALS; TUNGSTEN; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BINARY ALLOYS;

EID: 84892778437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402375s     Document Type: Article

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