Stabilities, Electronic and Optical Properties of SnSe2(1-x)S2x Alloys: A First-Principles Study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 5839-5847

  Huang, Yucheng ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Zhou, Danmei ^a   Liu, Hai ^a   Wang, Chan ^a   Du, Jinyan ^a   Ning, Lixin ^a   Wang, Sufan ^a  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY GAP; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LATTICE MISMATCH; MONOLAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SELENIUM; SEMICONDUCTING TIN COMPOUNDS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

ABSORPTION STRENGTH; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; VISIBLE SPECTRAL REGIONS;

TIN ALLOYS;

EID: 84961827541     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00794     Document Type: Article

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