The influence of the distribution of potential fluctuations on the distribution of states in amorphous semiconductors

Solid State Communications

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 513-517

  O'Leary, Stephen K ^a,b   Lim, P K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A. Disordered systems; A. Semiconductors; D. Electronic states; D. Order disorder effects

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS;

DISORDERED SYSTEMS; GAUSSIAN POTENTIAL FLUCTUATION DISTRIBUTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 0031077420     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1098(96)00621-7     Document Type: Article

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