Experimental and first-principles studies of structural and optical properties of rare earth (RE = La, Er, Nd) doped ZnO

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 617, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-107

  Honglin, Li ^a   Yingbo, Lv ^b   Jinzhu, Li ^a   Ke, Yu ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic structures; Optical properties; Rare earth; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RARE EARTHS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

ABSORPTION IN VISIBLE REGION; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; FIRST PRINCIPLES METHOD; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; N-TYPE CONDUCTIVITY; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; DOPED ZNO; ZNO;

ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84906510520     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.08.019     Document Type: Letter

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