Versatile single-layer sodium phosphidostannate(II): Strain-tunable electronic structure, excellent mechanical flexibility, and an ideal gap for photovoltaics

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2682-2687

  Jiao, Yalong ^a   Ma, Fengxian ^a   Gao, Guoping ^a   Bell, John ^a   Frauenheim, Thomas ^b   Du, Aijun ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

density functional theory; mechanical exfoliation; optical properties; strain effects; two dimensional materials

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; HYBRID MATERIALS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONOLAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

MECHANICAL EXFOLIATION; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SOLAR CELL MATERIALS; STRAIN EFFECT; STRAIN ENGINEERING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84937147074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01136     Document Type: Article

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