Electron emission energy barriers and stability of Sc2O 3 with adsorbed Ba and Ba-O

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 19742-19758

  Jacobs, Ryan M ^a   Booske, John H ^a   Morgan, Dane ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ATOMS; DIMERS; ENERGY BARRIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON EMISSION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ADSORPTION SITE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY METHODS; DIPOLE COMPONENT; ELECTRON EMISSION ENERGY; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW-INDEX SURFACES; STABLE STRUCTURES; SURFACE BARRIER;

SCANDIUM;

EID: 84906875760     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp503320r     Document Type: Article

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