Vacancy defects in indium oxide: An ab-initio study

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作者
Reunchan, Pakpoom [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Zhou, Xin [3 ,4 ]
Limpijumnong, Sukit [1 ,2 ,5 ]
Janotti, Anderson [6 ]
Van de Walle, Chris G. [6 ]
机构
[1] Suranaree Univ Technol, Sch Phys, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand
[2] Synchrotron Light Res Inst, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand
[3] Asia Pacific Ctr Theoret Phys, Pohang 790784, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
[4] Pohang Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Pohang 790784, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
[5] Commiss Higher Educ, Thailand Ctr Excellence Phys ThEP Ctr, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
[6] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Mat, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
关键词
First-principles calculations; Vacancy defects; Indium oxide; TOTAL-ENERGY CALCULATIONS; AUGMENTED-WAVE METHOD; SN-DOPED IN2O3; ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; SINGLE-CRYSTALS; BASIS-SET; FILMS; SURFACE;
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10.1016/j.cap.2011.03.051
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
First-principles density functional theory is employed to study the electrical behavior of oxygen and indium vacancies in indium oxide (In(2)O(3)). The oxygen vacancy is found to be a double donor. The indium vacancy is a triple acceptor, which >can be a compensation center in n-type In(2)O(3), leading to n-type carrier reduction. However, its high formation energy under p-type conditions makes it unlikely to be a source of p-type carriers by itself. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:S296 / S300
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