Unification of the electrical behavior of defects, impurities, and surface states in semiconductors: Virtual gap states in CdO

P. D. C. King; T. D. Veal; P. H. Jefferson; J. Zuniga-Perez; V. Munoz-Sanjose; C. F. McConville

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.79.035203

Unification of the electrical behavior of defects, impurities, and surface states in semiconductors: Virtual gap states in CdO

P. D. C. King, T. D. Veal, P. H. Jefferson, J. Zuniga-Perez, V. Munoz-Sanjose, C. F. McConville

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In contrast to conventional semiconductors, native defects, hydrogen impurities, and surface states are all found to be donors in n-type CdO. Using this as a model system, the electrical behaviors of defects, dopants, and surface states in semiconductors are unified by a single energy level, the charge neutrality level, giving much insight into current materials and allowing a band-structure engineering scheme for obtaining desired custom electronic properties in new compound semiconductors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	035203
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
Volume	79
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.035203
Publication status	Published - Jan 2009

Keywords

band structure
cadmium compounds
defect states
electrical conductivity
II-VI semiconductors
impurities
semiconductor materials
surface states
ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE
HYDROGEN
EPITAXY
ZNO

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Unification of the electrical behavior of defects, impurities, and surface states in semiconductors: Virtual gap states in CdO

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