Electronic and optical properties of CdTe under hydrostatic pressure effect

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-34

  Merad, A E ^a   Kanoun, M B ^a   Aourag, H ^b   Cibert, J ^c   Merad, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TLEMCEN   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE BELFORT MONTBÉLIARD   (France)

^c LIPHY   (France)

Author keywords

II VI semiconductors; Tight binding method

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS; SUPERLATTICES;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MURNAGHAN'S EQUATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; TIGHT BINDING METHOD;

SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 0041569194     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/spmi.2002.1054     Document Type: Article

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