Computational predictions of energy materials using density functional theory

Nature Reviews Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jain, Anubhav ^a   Shin, Yongwoo ^a   Persson, Kristin A ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85018994728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20588437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/natrevmats.2015.4     Document Type: Review

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