Structural, optical and electronic properties of Ni<sub>1−x</sub>Co<sub>x</sub>O in the complete composition range
Kiran Baraik, Ashok Bhakar, Velaga Srihari, Indranil Bhaumik, C. Mukherjee, Mukul Gupta, Ashok K. Yadav, Pragya Tiwari, D. M. Phase, S. N. Jha, S. D. Singh, Tapas Ganguli
Abstract
The optical gap of Ni<sub>1−x</sub>Co<sub>x</sub>O solid solutions neither varies linearly with Co composition nor shows any bowing in the complete composition range. The nature of this variation of the gap is governed by the position of conduction band edge.
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