Indirect bandgap and optical properties of monoclinic bismuth vanadate

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2969-2974

  Cooper, Jason K ^a   Gul, Sheraz ^a   Toma, Francesca M ^a   Chen, Le ^a   Liu, Yi Sheng ^b   Guo, Jinghua ^b   Ager, Joel W ^a   Yano, Junko ^a   Sharp, Ian D ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; EXCITED STATES; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; TUNGSTATE MINERALS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAY SCATTERING;

EXCITED STATE LIFETIMES; INDIRECT BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; RESONANT INELASTIC X-RAY SCATTERING; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84923163909     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512169w     Document Type: Article

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