Work functions of pristine and heteroatom-doped graphenes under different external electric fields: An ab initio DFT study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 28274-28282

  Gholizadeh, Reza ^a   Yu, Yang Xin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DIPOLE MOMENT; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; GERMANIUM; GRAPHENE; WORK FUNCTION;

AB INITIO DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); CONTACT ELECTRODES; DENSITY OF STATE; DISPERSION CORRECTION; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FORMATION ENERGIES; INDUCED DIPOLE MOMENTS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84949117724     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5095195     Document Type: Article

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