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Title Defect-InducedPhotoconductivity in Layered Manganese Oxides: A Density Functional Theory Study
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Abstract Enhanced photoconductivity of layered Mn(IV)O2 containing protonated Mn(IV) vacancy defects has been recently demonstrated, suggesting new technological possibilities for photoelectric conversion based on visible light harvesting. Using spin-polarized density functional theory, we provide the first direct evidence that such defects can indeed facilitate photoconductivity by (i) reducing the band-gap energy and (ii) separating electron and hole states. Our results thus support the proposition that nanosheet MnO2 offers an attractive new material for a variety of photoconductivity applications.
Organisation CSE , CSE-CMSG , STFC
Keywords 72.40.+w, 61.72.Bb, 61.72.uj, 73.22.-f , Physics
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Journal Article Phys Rev Lett 100 (2008): 146601. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.146601 2008