Semiconductors used in photovoltaic and photocatalytic devices: Assessing fundamental properties from DFT

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5997-6008

  Bahers, Tangui Le ^a   Rérat, Michel ^b   Sautet, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CHARGE CARRIERS; EXCITONS; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARRIER EFFECTIVE MASS; EVALUATION AND PREDICTIONS; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEVICES; PHOTOCATALYTIC SYSTEMS; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS;

DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY;

EID: 84897442837     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp409724c     Document Type: Article

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