Electronic and optical structure of wurtzite CuInS2

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 14478-14484

  Tomić, Stanko ^a   Bernasconi, Leonardo ^b   Searle, Barry G ^c   Harrison, Nicholas M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION EDGES; HYBRID DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MINIMUM-ENERGY STRUCTURES; OPTICAL STRUCTURES; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84903772611     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp411213d     Document Type: Article

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