Comparison of predicted ferromagnetic tendencies of Mn substituting the Ga site in III-V's and in I-III-VI 2 chalcopyrite semiconductors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3753-3755

  Zhao, Yu Jun ^a   Mahadevan, Priya ^a   Zunger, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOPYRITES; FERROMAGNETIC STABILIZATION ENERGY; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION (GGA); VALENCE BAND MINIMUM (VBM);

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; FERROMAGNETISM; GROUND STATE; MANGANESE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PYRITES;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 2942552928     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1737466     Document Type: Article

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