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Computational Studies Of Compressed Diborane And Engineered Narrow-Gap Semiconductors, Amin Torabi
Computational Studies Of Compressed Diborane And Engineered Narrow-Gap Semiconductors, Amin Torabi
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The research contained in this thesis is two-fold: understanding the behavior of diborane under pressure, and engineering wide-gap semiconductors in order to promote their optical eciency. Each of these themes are further explained below.
Diborane (B2H6), is a prototypical electron-deficient molecule and has received a great deal of attention in recent years due to its unique and peculiar structure, as well as its potential applications as a hydrogen-storage material. At high pressures, vibrational spectroscopy analysis have revealed several changes in the spectral profile that suggest occurrence of polymorphic transformations; however, the new crystal structures at high …