Optimizing Charge Injection across Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Heterojunctions: Theory and Experiment

ACS Nano

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 3904-3910

  Guan, Jie ^a   Chuang, Hsun Jen ^b   Zhou, Zhixian ^b   Tománek, David ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; contacts; electronic structure; heterojunctions; transition metal dichalcogenides

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HOLE MOBILITY; LATTICE MISMATCH; METALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; TRANSITION METALS;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; LOW-RESISTANCE CONTACTS; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; SEMICONDUCTING TRANSITION; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 85018652791     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b00285     Document Type: Article

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