Bismuth chalcohalides and oxyhalides as optoelectronic materials

Physical Review B

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Shi, Hongliang ^a,b   Ming, Wenmei ^a   Du, Mao Hua ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84963621740     PISSN: 24699950     EISSN: 24699969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.104108     Document Type: Article

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