First-principles study of Be doped CuAlS2 for p-type transparent conductive materials

Autor: Yu-Jun Zhao, Jian-Jun Nie, Chun-Mei Yao, Di-Hu Chen, Dan Huang, Ren-Yu Tian, Xin-Hua Cai
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Physics. 109:113714
ISSN: 1089-7550
0021-8979
DOI: 10.1063/1.3574662
Popis: CuAlS2 has attracted much attention recently as a p-type transparent conductive material. In this paper, we investigate the site preference of substitutional Be in CuAlS2 and the transition level of BeAl using the first-principles calculation. We find that Be would be doped effectively at Al sites in CuAlS2 as a good p-type dopant. In addition, we speculate that Be–Mg or Be–Zn codoped CuAlS2 could have a mobility enhancement and thus a good p-type conductivity due to low lattice distortion.
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