Chroneos, A.; Bracht, H.; Grimes, R. W. and Uberuaga, B. P.
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| URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S... |
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.mseb.2008.08.005 |
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Abstract
The formation of clusters consisting of donor atoms and lattice vacancies can deleteriously affect the performance of silicon germanium devices. In the present study results from electronic structure calculations are evaluated using mass action analysis to identify the extent to which phosphorous-vacancy clusters form in germanium-rich silicon germanium. Although it is energetically favourable to form clusters containing up to four phosphorous atoms, clusters are only important at lower temperatures. At such temperatures the formation of the cluster, in which four phosphorous atoms are tetrahedrally coordinated around a vacancy. is especially stable. At high temperatures unbound vacancies and phosphorous atoms are dominant.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2008 Elsevier B.V. |
| ISSN: | 0921-5107 |
| Keywords: | germanium; SiGe; phosphorous; density functional theory |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Design, Development, Environment and Materials |
| Item ID: | 35178 |
| Depositing User: | Alexander Chroneos |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2012 12:05 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2012 22:19 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/35178 |
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