Relationship between Carbon Nitride Structure and Exciton Binding Energies: A DFT Perspective

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 25188-25196

  Melissen, Sigismund ^a   Le Bahers, Tangui ^a   Steinmann, Stephan N ^a   Sautet, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINS; CARBON; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMERS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHARGE CARRIER GENERATION; CORRUGATED STRUCTURES; DISSOCIATION PROBABILITY; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; PHOTO-ABSORPTION PROPERTY; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING;

BINDING ENERGY;

EID: 84946944781     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07059     Document Type: Article

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