Band gap engineering of SnO2 by epitaxial strain: Experimental and theoretical investigations

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6448-6453

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Liu, Yanyu ^a   Yang, Yuzhe ^a   Wu, Ping ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FILM THICKNESS; THIN FILMS;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; BIAXIAL STRAINS; EPITAXIAL STRAIN; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; HYBRID FUNCTIONAL; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL METHODS; UNI-AXIAL STRAINS;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 84897408881     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500546r     Document Type: Article

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