Hydrogen-coverage-dependent stark effect in bilayer graphene and graphene/BN nanofilms

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 10472-10480

  Cao, Tengfei ^a   Zheng, Xiaohong ^a   Huang, Liangfeng ^a   Gong, Penglai ^a   Zeng, Zhi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; STARK EFFECT;

BANDGAP MODULATION; BREAKING OF INVERSION SYMMETRIES; CONDUCTION-BAND MINIMUM; COULOMB ATTRACTION; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROGEN ADSORPTION; PARTIAL HYDROGENATION; VALENCE-BAND MAXIMUMS;

HYDROGENATION;

EID: 84900817730     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp501904j     Document Type: Article

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