Calculated natural band offsets of all II-VI and III-V semiconductors: Chemical trends and the role of cation d orbitals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2011-2013

  Wei, Su Huai ^a   Zunger, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001428924     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121249     Document Type: Article

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