Highly Conducting, n-Type Bi12O15Cl6 Nanosheets with Superlattice-like Structure

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 7710-7718

  Myung, Yoon ^a   Wu, Fei ^a   Banerjee, Sriya ^a   Stoica, Andreea ^a   Zhong, Hongxia ^b   Lee, Seung Soo ^a   Fortner, John ^a   Yang, Li ^b   Banerjee, Parag ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY GAP; NANOSHEETS; VALENCE BANDS;

CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INTRINSIC CONDUCTIVITY; P AND N TYPES; SEMICONDUCTING SYSTEMS; TERNARY SEMICONDUCTORS; VACUUM-ANNEALING; VALENCE BAND EDGES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84947997800     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03345     Document Type: Article

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