Band Gap Extraction from Individual Two-Dimensional Perovskite Nanosheets Using Valence Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 11170-11179

  Virdi, Kulpreet S ^a   Kauffmann, Yaron ^b   Ziegler, Christian ^a,c   Ganter, Pirmin ^a,c   Blaha, Peter ^d   Lotsch, Bettina V ^a,c   Kaplan, Wayne D ^b   Scheu, Christina ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY GAP; NANOSHEETS; PEROVSKITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BAND GAP EXTRACTIONS; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; FUNDAMENTAL BAND GAP; INCIDENT ELECTRON BEAMS; OPTICALLY ALLOWED TRANSITION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VALENCE ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPIES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84971434663     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00142     Document Type: Article

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