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Ge 4s2 lone pairs and band alignments in GeS and GeSe for photovoltaics

Published:2021 Issue:39 Volume:9 Page:22440-22452
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Smiles Matthew J.¹,Skelton Jonathan M.²^ORCID,Shiel Huw¹,Jones Leanne A. H.¹^ORCID,Swallow Jack E. N.¹,Edwards Holly J.¹,Murgatroyd Philip A. E.¹,Featherstone Thomas J.¹,Thakur Pardeep K.³^ORCID,Lee Tien-Lin³,Dhanak Vinod R.¹,Veal Tim D.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy and Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZF, UK

2. Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

3. Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK

Abstract

GeS and GeSe with Ge 4s2 lone pairs shown in the structure and observed at the top of the valence band using hard and soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy combined with density functional theory.

Funder

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

UK Research and Innovation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/TA/D1TA05955F

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