An Efficient Strategy for Controlled Band Gap Engineering of KTaO3

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 6920-6929

  Modak, Brindaban ^a   Ghosh, Swapan K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HALOGEN ELEMENTS;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; CONDUCTION-BAND MINIMUM; DEFECT FORMATION ENERGIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; HYDROGEN REDUCTION; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; VISIBLE-LIGHT ACTIVITY;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84964323867     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11777     Document Type: Article

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