Band gap reduction in ZnO and ZnS by creating layered ZnO/ZnS heterostructures

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2075-2080

  Torabi, Amin ^a   Staroverov, Viktor N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

band gap engineering; bulk heterostructures; density functional theory; light harvesting; quantum ESPRESSO; wurtzite

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MONOLAYERS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; BAND GAP REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC BAND GAPS; HYBRID DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD; LIGHT-HARVESTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; QUANTUM ESPRESSO; WURTZITES;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84930645959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00687     Document Type: Article

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