Elucidating the optical properties of novel heterolayered materials based on MoTe2-InN for photovoltaic applications

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 11886-11895

  Villegas, Cesar E P ^a   Rocha, A R ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; MONOLAYERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

AB INITIO DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; EXCITONIC SOLAR CELLS; NEAR-INFRARED ABSORPTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TYPE II BAND ALIGNMENTS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930681868     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5122596     Document Type: Article

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