Theoretical characterization of conduction-band electrons in photodoped and Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide (AZO) quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 46, 2014, Pages 26584-26590

  Goings, Joshua J ^a   Schimpf, Alina M ^a   May, Joseph W ^a   Johns, Robert W ^a   Gamelin, Daniel R ^a   Li, Xiaosong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILMS; OXIDE MINERALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

ALIOVALENT DOPING; ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; N-TYPE ZNO; PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION; QUANTUM MECHANICAL PARTICLES; SPHERICAL POTENTIALS; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84914689691     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5090229     Document Type: Article

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