Increased p-type conductivity in GaNxSb1-x, experimental and theoretical aspects
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Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 118, issue 8, pp. 1-9
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The large increase in the p-type conductivity observed when nitrogen is added to GaSb has been studied using positron annihilation spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. Doppler broadening measurements have been conducted on samples of GaNxSb1-x layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy, and the results have been compared with calculated first-principle results corresponding to different defect structures. From the calculated data, binding energies for nitrogen-related defects have also been estimated. Based on the results, the increase in residual hole concentration is explained by an increase in the fraction of negative acceptor-type defects in the material. As the band gap decreases with increasing N concentration, the ionization levels of the defects move closer to the valence band. Ga vacancy-type defects are found to act as positron trapping defects in the material, and the ratio of Ga vacancy-type defects to Ga antisites is found to be higher than that of the p-type bulk GaSb substrate. Beside Ga vacancies, the calculated results imply that complexes of a Ga vacancy and nitrogen could be present in the material. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.Description
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Segercrantz, N, Makkonen, I, Slotte, J, Kujala, J, Veal, T D, Ashwin, M J & Tuomisto, F 2015, 'Increased p-type conductivity in GaNxSb1-x, experimental and theoretical aspects', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 118, no. 8, 085708, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929751