Revisiting Photoemission and Inverse Photoemission Spectra of Nickel Oxide from First Principles: Implications for Solar Energy Conversion

Alidoust, Nima; Toroker, Maytal Caspary; Carter, Emily A.

doi:10.1021/jp500878s

Title: Revisiting Photoemission and Inverse Photoemission Spectra of Nickel Oxide from First Principles: Implications for Solar Energy Conversion

Journal Article · Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jp500878s· OSTI ID:1179610

Alidoust, Nima ^[1]; Toroker, Maytal Caspary ^[2]; Carter, Emily A.

Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5263, United States
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel

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