Passivation of double-positioning twin boundaries in CdTe

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 320-326

  Yan, Yanfa ^a   Al Jassim, M M ^a   Jones, K M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (HRTEM); PASSIVATION EFFECTS; SOUBLE-POSITIONING TWIN BOUNDARIES; VIENNA AB INITIO SIMULATION PROGRAM (VASP);

BROMINE; CHLORINE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; PASSIVATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STACKING FAULTS; SULFUR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

EID: 3142678776     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1758313     Document Type: Article

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