Attracting shallow donors: Hydrogen passivation in (Al,Ga,In)-doped ZnO

Autor: Matsubara, Masahiko, Amini, Mozhgan N., Saniz, Rolando, Lamoen, Dirk, Partoens, Bart
Rok vydání: 2012
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.165207
Popis: The hydrogen interstitial and the substitutional Al_Zn, Ga_Zn and In_Zn are all shallow donors in ZnO and lead to n-type conductivity. Although shallow donors are expected to repel each other, we show by first principles calculations that in ZnO these shallow donor impurities attract and form a complex, leading to a donor level deep in the band gap. This puts a limit on the n-type conductivity of (Al,Ga,In)-doped ZnO in the presence of hydrogen.
Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures
Databáze: arXiv