Detrimental effects of oxygen vacancies in electrochromic molybdenum oxide

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10592-10601

  Dasgupta, Binayak ^a,b   Ren, Yi ^a   Wong, Lai Mun ^a   Kong, Lingyu ^b   Tok, Eng Soon ^c   Chim, Wai Kin ^c   Chiam, Sing Yang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ELECTROCHROMISM; LITHIUM; MODULATION; MOLYBDENUM; OXYGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES; POLARONS; VACANCIES;

ABSORPTION PEAKS; ELECTROCHROMIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHROMICS; OXIDATION STATE; OXYGEN VACANCY DEFECTS; POTENTIAL RANGE; SMALL POLARONS; VACANCY DEFECTS;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 84929376853     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02609     Document Type: Article

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