Solar-energy conversion and light emission in an atomic monolayer p-n diode

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 257-261

  Pospischil, Andreas ^a   Furchi, Marco M ^a   Mueller, Thomas ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GRAPHENE; LIGHT; MONOLAYERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TRANSITION METALS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

BASIC BUILDING BLOCK; DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

SOLAR CELLS;

TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTEN DISELENIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; CRYSTAL; DIODE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; LUMINESCENCE; P N JUNCTION DIODE; PHOTODIODE;

SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84898664628     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.14     Document Type: Article

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