Composition-dependent photoluminescence and electronic structure of 2-dimensional borocarbonitrides, BCXN (x=1, 5)

Materials Research Express

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Moses, Kota ^a   Shirodkar, Sharmila N ^b   Waghmare, U V ^b   Rao, C N R ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; Layered borocarbonitrides; Photoluminescence; Resistivity

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; UREA;

CARBON RICH; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; IN COMPOSITIONS; LAYERED BOROCARBONITRIDES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; UREA ROUTES;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84942830295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/1/2/025603     Document Type: Article

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