Bilayer phosphorene: Effect of stacking order on bandgap and its potential applications in thin-film solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1289-1293

  Dai, Jun ^a   Zeng, Xiao Cheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

bandgap engineering; bilayer phosphorene; first principles calculations; MoS2 heterostructure; solar cell donor material

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; BI-LAYER; DONOR MATERIALS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; MOS2 HETEROSTRUCTURE;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; MONOLAYERS; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84898072730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz500409m     Document Type: Article

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