Dependence of electronic structure of g-C3N4 on the layer number of its nanosheets: A study by Raman spectroscopy coupled with first-principles calculations

Carbon

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 213-221

  Jiang, Jizhou ^a,b   Ou Yang, Lei ^a,b   Zhu, Lihua ^a   Zheng, Anmin ^c   Zou, Jing ^d   Yi, Xianfeng ^c   Tang, Heqing ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^c Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^d WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAMAN SCATTERING; STRETCHING;

ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; EXFOLIATION PROCESS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; INTERCALATION TIME; LAYER DEFORMATIONS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; STRETCHING VIBRATIONS;

NANOSHEETS;

EID: 84920434903     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.059     Document Type: Article

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